President Donald Trump warned Hamas that if it rejects his peace deal and wants to stay in power in Gaza, it will face “complete obliteration.”

Trump issued the warning in a text correspondence with CNN host Jake Tapper, who read the conversation out loud on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday.

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“I asked him what happens if Hamas insists on staying in power in Gaza,” Tapper said. “The president said, ‘Complete obliteration!’”

Trump’s plan — supported by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, among others — includes the disarmament of Hamas and allows its me

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