“I think it’d be a great opportunity, but let’s see if that opportunity presents itself,” Trump said. “We’re helping the people of Gaza a lot – so is Israel, by the way – so we’ll see what happens.
JNS also asked why other countries haven’t admitted Palestinians willing to leave Gaza.
“Let’s not talk about that, because we don’t want the controversy right now,” Trump replied. “We’re helping Gaza.”
One of the main obstacles to progressing with subsequent phases of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement is that Hamas has so far refused to disarm or relinquish control of the half of the Gaza Strip it still governs.
Trump said that, if Hamas continues to refuse to abide by the 20-point plan, other regional forces would compel the terrorist group to disband.
“We have other countries that will come in and do it,” Trump said. “If they say they’re not going to disarm, those same countries will go and wipe them out. They don’t even need Israel.”
“We have 59 countries that signed on – big countries, countries that are outside of the Middle East,” he went on. “They want to go in and wipe out Hamas.”
