FROM DAILY MAIL: Donald Trump warned that Hamas will face a massive ‘problem’ if the Gaza ceasefire collapses, as he revealed more details of an ‘international stabilization force’ preparing to enter the territory.
The president spoke from Air Force One on Saturday where he met with the Emir of Qatar during a quick pit stop in Doha on his way to Asia.
He warned that Hamas ‘will have a very big problem’ if it fails to uphold the tentative deal forged with Israel earlier this month, which many fear is teetering on the brink.
Trump made it clear that the ceasefire must be honored.
“The ceasefire will hold. If not, we will deal with Hamas very harshly,” he declared.
“I hope for Hamas’s sake that it holds,” he added. “They gave us their word. If it doesn’t hold, they will have a very big problem.”
“The international stabilization force will enter Gaza soon. This is peace in the Middle East.”
Trump’s 20-point peace plan includes the creation and installment of an international stabilization force (ISF) to oversee Gaza’s security. As part of the plan, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would steadily hand authority over Gaza to the newly established ISF.
On Saturday, Trump revealed that Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Indonesia and Jordan will be key players in maintaining stability across the Gaza Strip.
Residents in Gaza are terrified of the Hamas regime. Fox News reports:
As the fragile ceasefire in Gaza holds, a new idea to divide the Strip into two areas is gaining traction. On one side would be life under Hamas’s grip. On the other, a vision of what life would be like without the terror group.
With Arab states signaling they will not fund reconstruction as long as the terror group remains in power, U.S. and Israeli officials are weighing a new approach of rebuilding in parts of Gaza still under Israeli control behind what Israeli officials call the “yellow line.”
The hope, experts explain, is to create a living example of peace and recovery that could inspire change inside the areas still ruled by Hamas.
The areas currently under Israeli control behind the so-called “yellow line” make up roughly 58% of the Gaza Strip, including all of Rafah in the south, large parts of Khan Younis and northern neighborhoods such as Beit Lahia and Shujaiyya. Hamas controls the remaining territory, including densely populated Gaza City. Despite the IDF presence, Hamas operatives remain active near the front lines.
John Spencer, executive director of the Urban Warfare Institute, said the two area plan is a “practical and psychological test, a way to show Gazans what life could look like without Hamas.”
“You take any piece of the problem — here we’re talking about terrain — and you clear out all the bad: Hamas, tunnels, weapons, everything,” he said. “Then you let civilians in, and you build something new — markets, buildings, schools, electricity. We called it Disneyland because we wanted it to look like hope — like the future.”
He pointed to the “clear, hold, build” model used in Iraq and Afghanistan, where troops secured neighborhoods one by one.
“In Ramadi, we did it neighborhood by neighborhood until we covered the whole city,” he said. “You hold it, clear it, let the locals take over. It’s historically proven. You don’t have to rid Gaza of Hamas to start this.”
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