WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. State Department announced on Saturday that it has received “credible reports” suggesting Hamas might violate the ceasefire by launching an attack on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.
According to the statement, such an attack “would constitute a direct and grave violation” of the agreement brokered by President Donald Trump aimed at ending the two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas. No additional details were provided regarding the potential attack.
The State Department emphasized, “Should Hamas proceed with this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the integrity of the ceasefire.”
Earlier, President Trump warned on social media that “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.” However, he later clarified that he does not intend to send U.S. troops into Gaza.
“It’s not going to be us,” Trump 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.”
This shift in tone marked a change from Trump’s earlier remarks, where he expressed a more nonchalant attitude toward the Hamas killings, stating they had taken out “a couple of gangs that were very bad.”
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