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Trump national security adviser: Hamas will never govern Gaza

January 20, 2025 at 1:18 pm

Incoming National Security Advisor Mike Waltz looks on during an event entitled “Passing the Baton: Strategies for Success” at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on Janauary 14, 2025. [ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP/ Getty Images]

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, said yesterday that if Hamas reneges on the Gaza ceasefire deal, the United States will support Israel “in doing what it has to do”, Reuters reported.

He added in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation”: “Hamas will never govern Gaza. That is completely unacceptable.”

Waltz said Trump and his team have made clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “If Hamas reneges on this deal and Hamas backs out, moves the goalpost, what have you, we will support Israel in doing what it has to do.”.

He added that he is optimistic about the Trump administration being able to broker a normalisation deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia as part of the Abraham Accords.

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