President Trump on Saturday placed initial blame on Hamas Its ceasefire with Israel failedBut called the current agreement a “permanent peace”.
“I think it’s going to last,” Trump told reporters after meeting with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as Air Force One refueled in Doha en route to Malaysia.
Trump added, “Well, if it doesn’t hold up, it’ll be Hamas.” “It won’t be difficult to take over Hamas very quickly. I hope the same applies to Hamas because they have given us their word on something, so I think it will hold and if it doesn’t they will have a big problem.”
Trump later added Post on Truth Social That militant group “must immediately begin returning the bodies of the dead hostages, including the two Americans, otherwise other countries involved in this great peace will take action.”
“Some bodies are difficult to access, but other bodies they can bring back now and for some reason, they can’t come back,” he wrote. “Maybe it has to do with their disarmament, but when I said, ‘Both sides will be treated fairly,’ that only applies if they comply with their obligations. Let’s see what they do in the next 48 hours. I’m watching it very closely.”
The President praised the Qataris for their role in providing peacekeeping forces as part of the International Stabilization Force aimed at taking security control of Gaza from Hamas. Any peacekeeping forces will go to Gaza “when they are needed.”
“Well, Israel would go in there very easily,” Trump said. “You know this, right? You have one country right there. But you have Arab countries. Everybody. Muslim, Arab, everybody is on board. It’s really an amazing thing. It’s a huge success. It’s going to last. Hopefully there will be lasting peace.”
trump said on the first monday If Hamas violated the ceasefire, the response would be “very quickly and very violently, unfortunately, we are going to eliminate Hamas.”
Hamas has not fully committed to this disarmament and releasing control over gazaReleasing control would then allow the formation of a technocratic government to govern Gaza, as part of a stabilization plan.
Vice President Vance, While in Israel on Tuesday The administration reiterated demands from the US-designated terrorist organization to inaugurate the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), which is overseeing the ceasefire.
“Hamas has to abide by the agreement and if Hamas doesn’t abide by the agreement, very bad things are going to happen,” Vance said.
So far, no deadline has been set for Hamas to give up power in the Gaza Strip.
Updated at 4:23 pm EDT
