US President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One before departure from Royal Air Force Mildenhall. AFP
"If they don't disarm, we will disarm them," Trump told reporters at the White House, hours after returning from Israel and Egypt. "And it will happen quickly and perhaps violently."
"I spoke to Hamas and I said 'you're gonna disarm and they said 'yes sir, we're going to disarm,'" said Trump. He said he conveyed the message to the group "through my people" rather than in direct contacts.
Trump did not elaborate on who he meant would be involved in disarming Hamas or whether it would include US forces.
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