The direct quote from the president:

President Trump:

"Hamas will disarm, and if they don't, we will disarm them, and It will happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm. Do you understand me?"pic.twitter.com/GSlJCRAfYY

— Vivid. (@VividProwess) October 14, 2025

“Hamas will disarm, and if they don’t, we will disarm them, and It will happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm. Do you understand me?” (38:66 4987510:95 6AA5E4-EECA-44F1-8EB5-76BBE26FCB24:17 60520600" target="_blank">X).

All who have been watching Hamas closely over the years have reason to be concerned—but none more so than Israelis. Danny Zakin: The coming stage will be the toughest of all. Trump’s plan mandates, in at least two of its points, the disarmament of the Strip. The first point states: Gaza will be a demilitarized, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbors. Point 13 says all military, terrorist and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels and weapons-manufacturing facilities, will be destroyed and not rebuilt. There will be a process of demilitarizing Gaza under the supervision of independent inspectors, which will include the removal of weapons through an agreed dismantling process. This involves not only the handing over of weapons but also the demolition of terrorist tunnels and the cessation of any actions that have hostile military significance against Israel. At the same time, a civilian and security mechanism is supposed to be created to assume control of the Strip, but there’s the chicken-and-egg dilemma: most potential participants will not commit forces to areas under Hamas control while it remains armed and dangerous. So who will disarm Hamas? There is no clear answer to that question (39:66 4987510:95 6AA5E4-EECA-44F1-8EB5-76BBE26FCB24:17 60520600" target="_blank">Israel Hayom).

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