US President Donald Trump said on Monday (October 20) that he would give Hamas an opportunity to honor the Gaza truce deal with Israel, but issued a stark warning that the group would be "eradicated" if it fails to comply.

Speaking to reporters while hosting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House, Trump said: "We made a deal with Hamas that they're going to be very good, they're going to behave, they're going to be nice. And if they're not, we're going to go and we're going to eradicate them, if we have to. They'll be eradicated, and they know that."

"In addition, you have Israel would go in in two minutes, if I asked them to go in. But right now, we haven't said that. We're going to give it a little chance, and hopefully there will be a little less violence. But r

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