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Trump: Hamas ‘Will Disarm’ Or ‘We Will Disarm Them’

"They know I'm not playing games."

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Trump: Hamas ‘Will Disarm’ Or ‘We Will Disarm Them’
Trump: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images / Hamas fighters: BASHAR TALEB/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas terrorists would lay down their weapons, or the United States would “disarm them.”

Speaking to reporters during a roundtable with Argentinian President Javier Milei at the White House, Trump said that Hamas has already promised to disarm, which was a major demand in the president’s 20-point peace plan.

“They’re going to disarm because they said they were going to disarm,” Trump said. “And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them.”

“How will you do that?” a reporter asked.

“I don’t have to explain that to you, but if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them,” Trump reiterated. “They know I’m not playing games.”

Trump successfully pressured Hamas to agree to a ceasefire and hostage deal with Israel, the first phase of his broader plan for peace in the region. The first phase of the deal did not require Hamas to lay down its weapons, but the president is confident it will happen in the future.

Trump’s 20-point plan also calls for Hamas to give up its control of Gaza and hand over the reins to a mix of Palestinian and international technocrats led by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Hamas would be barred from taking part in the new administration under Trump’s proposal. The terror group has yet to agree to that aspect of the peace deal.

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Vice President JD Vance said earlier this week that U.S. troops in the region would monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but added that there would be no American “boots on the ground” in Gaza or Israel.

Trump said during his speech at the Knesset on Monday that the deal will start “the golden age of Israel and the golden age of the Middle East.” Hamas handed over the 20 remaining living hostages to Israel on Monday, and in exchange, Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds of terrorists. Under the ceasefire agreement, Israeli troops also withdrew from many areas in the Gaza Strip, moving back to an agreed-upon line near the Israeli border.

After the terms of the agreement took effect, Hamas terrorists moved to reassert control over the Gaza Strip. On Monday, Hamas publicly executed at least seven men whom the terror group accused of conspiring with Israel. Hamas has also been fighting rival groups in Gaza this week, with dozens of people being killed in skirmishes.

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