‘Ready To Go Into Gaza With A Heavy Force’: Trump Claims Arab Allies Waiting For His Nod To Invade And Crush Hamas | World News

Washington: Donald Trump is back in battle mode. The US president claimed that many Middle Eastern countries have offered to march on Gaza to crush Hamas. His latest claim comes at a time when the fragile ceasefire hangs by a thread.

“Many of our NOW MAJOR ALLIES in the Middle East and the regions surrounding the Middle East have publicly and forcefully informed me, with great enthusiasm, that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to enter GAZA with heavy force and ‘fix Hamas’ if it continues to misbehave in violation of its agreements with us,” he wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday.

He left the names of these countries hanging, but hinted that he was grateful to one of them. “I want to thank the great and powerful country of Indonesia and its wonderful leader, the Middle East and the United States for all the help they have shown and given,” he said.

Jakarta has already shown it is willing to send peacekeepers, but no country has publicly said it would fight Hamas. Still, Trump spoke as if a coalition army was ready.

“The love and spirit of the Middle East has not been seen like this for a thousand years! It is something to behold! We say to these countries and Israel, ‘NOT YET!’ I said. Trump stated that there is still hope that Hamas will do the right thing.

Then came the thunder: “If they don’t do this, the end of Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS and TIMELY!”

Israel has killed nearly 100 Palestinians since the ceasefire began on October 10. Even though Trump presents himself as a dealmaker who brings peace, the murders continue.

Truce Under Fire

The ceasefire brokered by Trump’s team is now ending. From the first day, Israel shot Palestinians who it claimed were near military areas. Most of these areas are unmarked. The aid trucks promised under the agreement barely arrived.

According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel has allowed only 986 trucks of aid since the ceasefire began; only a small fraction of the promised 6,600 or 600 daily benefits.

Then came Sunday’s airstrikes. Dozens of Palestinians lost their lives. Israel froze all aid after the killing of two of its soldiers in Rafah. Tel Aviv blamed Hamas. However, the group denied this. Hamas said the explosion took place on Israeli territory. US media later reported that the soldiers may have been hit by an unexploded shell.

Even as the ceasefire falters, a bigger question emerges: Who will rule Gaza? Trump says Hamas should disarm, but the group attributes disarmament to the issue of statehood.

On Sunday, Trump told Fox News there was “no hard timeline” for that disarmament. US Vice President J.D. Vance later told reporters in Israel that a new “security infrastructure” must come first.

Vance Shows a Brave Face to the Chaos

Standing in Israel, he tried to sound optimistic. “We’re doing very well. We’re in a very good place. We’re going to have to continue to work on it, but I think we have the team to do just that,” he said.

He acknowledged that Hamas would not be disarmed overnight and spoke of a search for the remains of Israeli hostages. “Some of the hostages are buried under thousands of pounds of rubble. No one even knows where some of the hostages are,” he said.

15 Israelis are still missing in Gaza. The names of thousands of Palestinians who are thought to have died under the rubble are unknown. Gaza health officials said Israel returned 135 Palestinian bodies bearing signs of torture and execution.

A New US Base Is Rising in Israel

On Tuesday, Vance announced the Civil Military Cooperation Center (CMCC), a U.S.-led center that will coordinate the reconstruction of Gaza, as a new command center.

US Central Command in the Middle East Commander Brad Cooper said that there are approximately 200 American soldiers in the region. “This facility will be the distribution center for everything going into Gaza as we look into the future,” he told reporters.

The Pentagon insists that no US troops will enter Gaza. But the truth is that Washington is digging.

Trump’s latest post revived the old showman fire. He shows himself to be a global orchestra conductor, with nations waiting for his signal. For now, he says, “Not yet.” But his words “fast, furious and brutal” still hang like a storm over Gaza.