WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Hamas "we will have no choice but to go in and kill them" if internal bloodshed persists in Gaza.

The grim warning from Trump came after he previously downplayed the internal violence in the territory since a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect last week in the two-year war.

Trump later clarified he will not send US troops into Gaza after launching the threat against Hamas.

"It's not going to be us," Trump said in an exchange with reporters. "We won't have to. There are people very close, very nearby that will go in and they'll do the trick very easily, but under our auspices."

Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas had taken out "a couple of gangs that were very bad" and had killed a number of gang me

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