Trump Says Hamas Could Be Eradicated If It Doesn’t Abide by Cease-Fire

Hamas terrorist group struck Israel Defense Forces (IDF) positions in the Gazan area of Rafah on Oct. 19.

President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

President Donald Trump said on Oct. 20 that Hamas could be eradicated if it does not abide by the recently brokered cease-fire between the terrorist group and Israel.

“We have a peace in the Middle East for the first time ever,” Trump said. “We made a deal with Hamas that, you know, they’re going to be very good, they’re going to behave, they’re going to be nice. And if they’re not, we’re going to ... eradicate them, if we have to.

“This is a very violent group of people, and they got very rambunctious, and they did things that they shouldn’t be doing,” he said during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “And if they keep doing it, then we’re going to go in and straighten it out, and it’ll happen very quickly and pretty violently, unfortunately.”

Trump said he would not send U.S. forces to do it.

“We don’t need to because we have many countries, as you know, signed on to this deal,” he said. “We’ve had countries calling me when they saw some of the killing with Hamas, saying, ‘We’d love to go and take care of the situation ourselves.'”

Trump said Israel would be able to get rid of Hamas.