Trump threatens Hamas with a heavy price if it does not give up its weapons and calls for rapprochement between Netanyahu and Al-Sharaa

The American President Donald Trump said he would work to achieve consensus between the Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while threatening both Hamas with a heavy price if it does not give up its weapons, and Iran if it tries to rebuild its nuclear power.

Trump clarified, in a press conference following Trump's meeting with Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, that there is an understanding between the United States and Israel regarding Syria.

He renewed his expression of admiration for the Syrian President, saying "I respect President Al-Sharaa and he is a strong person that Syria needs at the present time, and our relationship with him is good".

Trump mentioned that he reached several conclusions during the meeting with Netanyahu, noting that he has done a lot of work with him, and that this matter will continue.

He addressed Netanyahu - who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of committing war crimes in Gaza - saying "We will always be with you and stand by your side", while affirming at the same time his keenness to establish peace in the Middle East.

Regarding the Palestinian issue, Trump threatened the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) with a heavy price if it does not give up its weapons, adding that the movement has a short time to do so.

He explained that some countries that signed the Gaza agreement because of the movement's commitment to disarm are the ones who will destroy Hamas's weapons if it does not give them up.

While pointing to Israel's fulfillment of its commitments regarding the Gaza agreement, and to the agreement with Netanyahu on "most matters", Trump clarified that the consensus between them is not 100% regarding the issue of settler violence in the occupied West Bank.

The White House man touched on the Lebanese Hezbollah party, noting that it is dealing "badly" and that he will follow what the efforts of Lebanon to disarm the party will result in.

He affirmed that Iran's strength has declined greatly and that it will not be allowed to regain it, threatening to attack it again if it attempts to rebuild its nuclear program, while expressing at the same time his openness to conducting talks with Tehran.

Trump touched on the relationship between the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Netanyahu by saying that there will be no problem between them, and that he supports them.

He added that Erdogan deserves great praise for "helping Israel get rid of a regime that was working against it in Syria", in reference to the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime.

Trump noted that his administration is studying the sale of F-35 fighters to Turkey.

Hamas and Israel signed a ceasefire agreement on October 10 last year, and since the agreement came into effect, the Israeli occupation army has committed hundreds of violations, resulting in the martyrdom of 418 Palestinians and the injury of 1,141 others, according to data from the Gaza Government Media Office.

The agreement ended a genocide war launched by Israel on October 8, 2023, which lasted two years, leaving more than 71,000 Palestinian martyrs, more than 171,000 injured, and massive destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure at a reconstruction cost estimated by the United Nations at around 70 billion dollars.