#AlJazeera Trump says US is aware that Hamas is ‘rearming’ in Gaza

Trump has said the US is aware that Hamas is “rearming” in Gaza and claimed the group had been given US approval to do so “for a period of time”.

Asked by a reporter on board Air Force One before his arrival in Israel about reports that Hamas was “rearming” and instituting themselves as a Palestinian police force, Trump said the group was attempting to restore order after months of war.

“They’ve been open about it and we gave them approval for a period of time,” he said. “You have to understand – they’ve lost probably 60,000 people. That’s a lot of retribution,” he argued.

Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher has more about this from Washington, DC.

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