Trump Vows to ‘Eradicate’ Hamas as Fragile Gaza Truce Resumes
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President Donald Trump, right, and Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Oct. 20.
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that the US would destroy Hamas if the militant group didn’t continue to honor the ceasefire with Israel, with a fragile truce resuming after a weekend of heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip.
“They’re going to be nice, and if they’re not, we’re going to go and we’re going to eradicate them — if we have to, they’ll be eradicated, and they know that,” Trump said at a White House meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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