President Donald Trump said Hamas has �promised� to disarm under the current Gaza ceasefire framework but acknowledged there is no fixed deadline for when that will occur.

�They promised they would,� Trump told Fox News in an interview conducted Friday and aired in full Sunday. Pressed on when the terror group must follow through, Trump replied, �It�s not a hard timeline, but it�s a line in my own mind. At a certain point, if they don�t do what they�re supposed to do, then we�ll have to do it for them.�

Asked if that meant a U.S. intervention, Trump said Washington would not send �boots on the ground,� suggesting instead that Israel could act �as a proxy� if Hamas fails to meet its commitments.

While Trump�s 20-point Gaza plan envisions Hamas disarming as part of a broader stabilization effort, the ceasefire agreement signed earlier this month in Egypt focuses only on the IDF withdrawal, a hostage�prisoner exchange, and humanitarian aid � not on disarmament or governance.

The president also addressed reports of Hamas executions of rival factions in Gaza, calling the group �very violent people� and describing the region as �a very violent part of the world.�

In the interview, Trump defended his revised Gaza reconstruction plan, which he said now encourages Gazans to remain in the Strip rather than relocate abroad � an apparent departure from his earlier, widely criticized proposal for neighboring Egypt and Jordan to host refugees.

�The whole thing is all rubble, so it�s not too hard to top that,� Trump said. �We�d build houses� paid for by the wealthiest countries� in the region.

Trump praised Arab states that have backed his plan, singling out Qatar�s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, calling him a �fantastic man� and �very smart.� He said Qatar, one of the four mediating countries, �had great courage� in supporting the agreement despite regional risks.

Asked whether he had to pressure Doha to push Hamas toward the deal, Trump replied, �I didn�t have to make too much of a case because they are very smart people.�

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