President Donald Trump said he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were “at a minimum, very, very close” to a deal to end the war in Gaza — but if Hamas does not agree to the plan, the U.S. would stand behind whatever Israel wishes to do.
“If Hamas rejects the deal … you know, Bibi, you’d have my full backing to do what you would have to do,” Trump said during joint remarks to the press on Monday.
Netayahu put it more starkly: Hamas must agree to the deal or Israel will “finish the job.”