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Trump national security adviser: Hamas will never govern Gaza, all stages of deal will be implemented

2025-01-20

And now the Hamas-lovers who read GEO in Pakistan and elsewhere know, too. Ain’t life grand!

[GEO.TV] President-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Sunday that if Hamas reneges on the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal, the United States will support Israel "in doing what it has to do."

He added in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation," "Hamas will never govern Gaza. That is completely unacceptable".

The Times of Israel adds:

Incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz reportedly told the families of American hostages that the Trump administration will make sure that all phases of the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas are implemented, amid concerns among many of the hostage families that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will resume fighting after the first phase, putting the lives of their relatives slated for release in the second phase at risk.

Families present at the meeting on Saturday expressed their concern over recent comments made by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who said he received assurances from Netanyahu that Israel would resume fighting after the first phase, Axios reports.

The families asked Waltz that the Trump administration push for negotiations on the second phase of the deal to begin as soon as possible, rather than waiting for the 16th day of the ceasefire as the deal stipulates, the report says.

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