The US ambassador to the United Nations said the second phase of President Trump’s peace deal will be announced soon, stressing that peace in Gaza cannot be accomplished so long as Hamas exists.

In his meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, Ambassador Mike Waltz said the details of the next phase of the cease-fire were being hammered out and will include clear language that Hamas cannot be a part of Gaza’s future .

“What has been clear, and I want to be clear, is Hamas has to go,” Waltz said, according to a readout of their conversation.

“President Trump has been clear that’s going to happen the easy way or the hard way, but there will not be any more Hamas,” he added.

Following last month’s UN Security Council vote to approve Trump’s plan , Waltz said the US

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