WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – On Saturday, the U.S. State Department reported receiving “credible information” indicating that Hamas might breach the current ceasefire by launching an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza. This warning comes amid the fragile peace established to halt the ongoing conflict.
Such an act, if it occurs, would represent a severe and direct violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered by former President Donald Trump, which sought to bring an end to the two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas. The specifics of the potential threat remain undisclosed at this time.
The State Department emphasized that any aggressive move by Hamas would trigger actions aimed at safeguarding Gaza’s civilian population and maintaining the ceasefire’s integrity. “Should Hamas proceed with this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire,” their statement reiterated.
In a previous social media post, Trump issued a stark warning to Hamas, stating that continued violence in Gaza would leave the U.S. with no alternative but to intervene decisively. “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,” Trump wrote.
However, the former president later clarified his stance, assuring that he would not deploy U.S. troops to Gaza, despite his earlier threats. This clarification aims to de-escalate tensions while emphasizing the importance of respecting the ceasefire terms.
The U.S. president later clarified he won’t send U.S. troops into Gaza after launching the threat against Hamas.
“It’s not going to be us,” he told reporters. “We won’t have to. There are people very close, very nearby that will go in and they’ll do the trick very easily, but under our auspices.”
Trump’s hostile rhetoric represented a shift after initially expressing nonchalance about Hamas killings, saying they had taken out “a couple of gangs that were very bad.”
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