Washington, Dec 30 || US President Donald Trump warned Hamas to disarm within a “very short period of time,” cautioned Iran against rebuilding military capabilities, and reaffirmed an exceptionally close US–Israel partnership.
“We talked about Hamas and we talked about disarmament and they're going to be given a very short period of time to disarm,” Trump told reporters during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Mar-a-Lago on Monday.
He said Hamas had already committed to doing so.
“If they don't disarm, as they agreed to do… then they'll be held to pay for them,” Trump said. “They have to disarm within a fairly short period of time.”
Trump said the enforcement would not fall solely on Israel.
“If they say they're not going to disarm, those same countries will wipe out Hamas,” he said. “They don't even need Israel.”
He said 59 countries were aligned behind the current peace framework.