President Donald Trump implied Hamas has been given approval to act as a Palestinian police force in Gaza "for a period of time" in the wake of implementing phase one of the ceasefire agreement .

While en route to the Middle East earlier Monday aboard Air Force One, Trump responded to a question from a reporter about reports of Hamas rearming themselves.

"Well, they [ Hamas ] are standing because they do want to stop the problems, and they've been open about it, and we gave them approval for a period of time," Trump said.

Trump continued that Palestinians are returning to buildings that have been destroyed, after two years of war, and "a lot of bad things can happen."

"We want it to be safe. I think it's going to be fine. Who knows? Who knows for sure?" he said. "But I think it's

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