WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s new national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Sunday that if Hamas reneges on a Gaza hostage ceasefire, the United States will support Israel “in doing what it has to do”. . “
He added in an interview on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” “Hamas will never rule Gaza. That is completely unacceptable.”
Waltz said Trump and his team have made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding “I want the Israeli people to hear me loud and clear.”
“If Hamas backs out of this deal and Hamas backs down, moves the goalposts, what have you, we will support Israel to do what it has to do,” he said.
Waltz was also optimistic about the Trump administration’s ability to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia as part of the Abraham Accords.
