President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants dead hostages held in Gaza back and warns Hamas if “they don't disarm, we will disarm them.”

Trump made his comments not long after Israel announced it would halve the flow of badly-needed humanitarian aid to Gaza because Hamas has been slow to return the bulk of 28 dead hostages in captivity in the territory.

"We want them back,” Trump said of the dead hostages.

Trump added that he expected Hamas to quickly disarm.

"We have told them we want them to disarm and they will disarm and if they don't we will disarm them."