(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Hamas had been given a greenlight for internal security operations it is conducting in the Gaza Strip, saying the group wants “to stop the problems” and “we gave them approval for a period of time”.

The Palestinian militant group, which must disarm and end its rule of Gaza under Trump’s proposal for ending the war, has deployed internal security forces in parts of the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire came into effect on Friday, saying it aims to stop lawlessness and looting and prevent a security vacuum.

Asked by a journalist aboard Air Force One about reports that Hamas was instituting itself as a police force and shooting rivals, Trump said “they do want to stop the problems, and they’ve been open about it, and we gave them approval for a pe

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