Trump: If Hamas doesn’t disarm, US will do the job ‘quickly and perhaps violently’

Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said his “people” were told by Hamas that they would disarm, as is called for in the Israel-Hamas peace plan that Trump put together, with mediation from key Arab leaders.

Israel and Hamas both agreed to the plan, setting into motion the ceasefire, which started last Friday, and the subsequent exchange of hostages and Palestinian security prisoners.

“I spoke to Hamas, and I said, ‘You’re going to disarm, right?’ ‘Yes, sir. We’re going to disarm.’ That’s what they told me,” Trump told reporters, initially describing it as a direct conversation.

“We have told them we want them to disarm, and they will disarm. And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them, and it’ll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm,” Trump said.