The US president\u2019s statement follows a major prisoner swap under a ceasefire deal between the militant group and Israel<\/p>\n
Hamas must disarm or be disarmed by force, US President Donald Trump has said, adding that he had communicated the demand to the militant group.
\nOn Monday, Hamas freed the last 20 living Israeli hostages held in Gaza, and Israel sent home nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees under a ceasefire deal brokered by the US, Qatar, Egypt, and T\u00fcrkiye.
\nTrump made the remarks on Tuesday while hosting Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House. \u201cIf they don\u2019t disarm, we will disarm them, and it\u2019ll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm,\u201d Trump said responding to a reporter\u2019s question.
\n\u201cBut they will disarm, do you understand me?\u201d he added, insisting that it should take place in a \u201creasonable period of time.\u201d
\nTrump stated that he had conveyed this message to Hamas, which agreed to disarm in accordance with his 20-point peace proposal.
\nThe US president later clarified that he communicated with Hamas through intermediaries.<\/p>\n
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Palestinian issue isn\u2019t resolved \u2013 Lavrov<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s previous comments have indicated, however, that Hamas could retain a limited presence in Gaza, following reports of a direct meeting between White House envoys and Hamas negotiators, which marked the highest-level discussions ever held between the two parties.
\nRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated earlier this week that Trump\u2019s peace plan for Gaza is \u201cthe best thing on the table\u201d at the moment, but it does not fully resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
\nHe emphasized that while the plan focuses primarily on Gaza, it only vaguely references Palestinian statehood.
\nThe final settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would require \u201cthe creation of a single, territorially integral Palestinian state within the 1967 borders\u201d in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, Lavrov said, adding that Moscow remains committed to a two-state solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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