Hamas gunmen on pickup trucks escort buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners as they are greeted following their release from Israeli jails under a cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2025. Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 16 that if the Hamas terrorist group doesn’t stop killing people in the Gaza Strip, then the United States would have no other choice but to “go in and kill them.”
The remark comes nearly one week after a cease-fire was implemented between Israel and Hamas, and just two days after Trump had assured reporters during his meeting with Argentinian President Javier Milei that Hamas would lay down its arms. At the time, Trump warned that if Hamas didn’t, the United States would disarm the terrorist group directly.
