Trump says Hamas might be eradicated’ if group breaches Gaza deal

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Hamas on Monday (October 20, 2025) it might be “eradicated” if it breaches the Gaza cope with Israel, however mentioned he would give the Palestinian militant group an opportunity to honour the truce.

U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance headed to Israel shortly after Mr. Trump’s feedback, becoming a member of two high U.S. envoys after weekend violence threatened to wreck the delicate ceasefire.

“We made a deal with Hamas that they’re going to be very good, they’re going to behave, they’re going to be nice,” Mr. Trump advised reporters on the White House as he hosted Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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“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.”

Mr. Trump helped dealer the Gaza deal practically two weeks in the past nevertheless it has repeatedly come underneath risk as Israel accuses Hamas of stalling on handing over lifeless hostages, and of launching assaults.

Hamas’s high negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya, advised Egypt’s Al-Qahera News that the group was nonetheless dedicated to the ceasefire settlement.

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“We are finding it extremely difficult to extract the bodies, but we are serious and working hard to extract them,” he mentioned in feedback broadcast Tuesday (October 21, 2025) morning.

“The Gaza agreement will hold, because we want it to and our will to abide by it is strong.”

Mr. Trump has additionally warned the militant group to cease public executions of rivals and alleged collaborators because it seeks to reestablish its grip on the devastated territory.

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Mr. Trump, nevertheless, insisted that American forces wouldn’t be concerned in confronting in opposition to Hamas, saying dozens of nations which have agreed to hitch a world stabilisation forces for Gaza would “love to go in.”

“In addition, you have Israel would go in in two minutes, if I asked them to go in,” Mr. Trump mentioned.

“But right now, we haven’t said that. We’re going to give it a little chance, and hopefully there will be a little less violence. But right now, you know, they’re violent people,” he added.

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“They got very rambunctious, and they did things that they shouldn’t be doing, and if they keep doing it, then we’re going to go in and straighten it out, and it’ll happen very quickly and pretty violently.”

Mr. Trump mentioned that Hamas was now far weaker, particularly as regional backer Iran was now unlikely to step in on its behalf following U.S. and Israeli strikes this 12 months.

“They don’t have the backing of really anybody anymore. They have to be good, and if they’re not good, they’ll be eradicated,” Mr. Trump pressured.

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Mr. Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser son-in-law Jared Kushner met Mr. Netanyahu on Monday (October 20, 2025) to debate “developments and updates in the region”, a spokesman for the Prime Minister’s workplace mentioned.

Mr. Vance and his spouse Usha later left Washington for Israel with out commenting to reporters. They have been additionally as a consequence of meet with Mr. Netanyahu, the Prime Minister’s workplace mentioned.