Trump Says Deal Will Include Ending ‘Military Capabilities’ of Hamas, Destroying ‘Terror’ Tunnels

President Donald Trump said Monday that the Gaza peace deal agreed to by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will begin with demilitarizing Gaza.

“And I’m hearing that Hamas wants to get this done, too, and that’s a good thing,” Trump said.

He continued that the plan will “destroy all terror infrastructure, including the tunnels, weapons, production facilities. They have a lot of production facilities that were destroying. They’ll also help train local police forces in the areas that we’re discussing right now, in particular in and around Gaza, working with the new transitional authority in Gaza, all parties will agree on a timeline for Israeli forces to withdraw in phases.”

Trump said that it will be up to “Arab and Muslim nations” to deal with Hamas.

“They have to deal with them because they were the one group that we have not dealt with. I haven’t dealt with them, but the Arab countries are going to and Muslim countries are going to be dealing with Hamas. And I believe they’ve already been there. I think they probably have an understanding and they haven’t maybe mentioned that, but I would imagine they do, otherwise they wouldn’t have gone as far as they’ve gone. If they’re unable to do so, then Israel would have the absolute right. And actually our full backing. ”

Watch the clip above via CNN.