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President Trump said Tuesday he expected Hamas to decommission its weapons as stipulated in the negotiated peace agreement , or the U.S. would step in.

“They’re going to disarm, because they said they were going to disarm,” Trump said. “And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them.”

Trump later clarified he did not communicate directly with Hamas, but the message was delivered “through my people, at the highest levels.”

“They know I’m not playing games,” Trump said.

Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, has come under criticism from Israel and Trump for f

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