President Trump Claims Hamas Group Will Strip His Weapons

Sharm El Sheikh Summit For Peace Agreement To End The War In Gaza d Egypt. (Twitter/@MarkJCarney)

JAKARTA - United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas had agreed to strip its weapons, as part of a peace proposal in the Gaza Strip.

Following the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza reached last week, Hamas released the last surviving Israeli hostages from Gaza.

On the other hand, Israel has repatriated several full buses of Palestinian prisoners based on a ceasefire deal brokered by President Trump.

However, Hamas has not publicly committed to laying down his gun.

"If they don't strip, we will strip them of weapons. And it will happen quickly and possibly with violence," said President Trump during a meeting at the White House with Argentine President Javier Milei.

President Trump said he had communicated this to Hamas and they had agreed to strip the weapons, as stated in his 20-point peace proposal.

"I've spoken to Hamas, and I said, you're going to strip your weapons, right? Yes, we're going to strip you of weapons. That's what they told me," President Trump said, then clarified. He conveyed the message through an intermediary.

After the first phase of the ceasefire agreement last week, President Trump led the summit following the signing of a declaration in favor of a Gaza ceasefire agreement held in Egypt on Monday.

In "Sharm El Sheikh Summit For Peace: Agreement To End The War In Gaza" which was held in Sharm El-Sheikh, attended by a number of state leaders, including President of the Republic of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, President Trump along with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emir Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani signed a declaration to guarantee a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.