Trump: ‘No choice but to go in and kill’ Hamas if Gaza bloodshed doesn’t stop

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Trump: ‘No choice but to go in and kill’ Hamas if Gaza bloodshed doesn’t stop

President Trump said Thursday that if Hamas does not heed repeated warnings to stop bloodshed in Gaza, the U.S. will have “no choice” but to use lethal force.

“If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” the president posted on Truth Social.

Trump’s comments come as Hamas has reasserted its power in Gaza in recent days with a retribution campaign following the exit of Israeli forces under a ceasefire deal brokered in part by the U.S.

Hamas has killed at least 33 people since the ceasefire went into effect last week, according to reporting from Reuters. In one video, more than half a dozen men were dragged into a Gaza City square and executed.

The U.S. military on Wednesday warned Hamas to “immediately suspend violence and shooting at innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza.”

Earlier in the week, Trump downplayed reports of violence following the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel, saying the Palestinian militant group had taken out “a couple of gangs that were very bad” and had killed gang members.

“That didn’t bother me much, to be honest with you,” he told reporters, according to The Associated Press.

The deaths follow Hamas’s agreement to adhere to the first phase of Trump’s 20-point peace plan, which outlined the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for the release of all hostages once held captive by Hamas.