Trump says MidEast allies ready to ‘straighten out Hamas’ if asked | The Express Tribune
VP JD Vance reaffirmed the US will not send troops into Gaza, echoing President Trump’s pledge Fighters from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in an anti-Israel military show parade in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: AFP US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that allied…
VP JD Vance reaffirmed the US will not send troops into Gaza, echoing President Trump’s pledge
Fighters from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in an anti-Israel military show parade in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. PHOTO: AFP
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that allied nations in the Middle East were prepared to send troops into Gaza, at his request, to confront Hamas if the group did not cease its alleged violations of his peace plan.
The threat comes a day after Trump warned Hamas would be “eradicated” if the group did not meet expectations of the agreement, which brought a fragile ceasefire to the two-year war with Israel.
“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East, and areas surrounding the Middle East, have… informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force and ‘straighten our (sic) Hamas’ if Hamas continues to act badly,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
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The post came as US Vice President JD Vance visited Israel with two other top Trump envoys, seeking to shore up the peace plan after weekend violence in Gaza raised fears the truce could quickly collapse.
Trump said he told both Israel and the Middle East allies who are allegedly ready to confront Hamas: “NOT YET!”
“There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right. If they do not, an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL!” he warned.
US on Gaza troops
US Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the US would not send troops into Gaza, reiterating a pledge made by US President Donald Trump and US officials multiple times.
“There are not going to be American boots on the ground in Gaza. The President of the United States has made that very clear. All of our military leadership has made that very clear,” Vance said at a press conference in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, where a US-led mission is monitoring the Gaza ceasefire.
Vance added that the US would limit itself to providing “useful coordination”.
