“Gaza Is Like Massive Demolition Site”: Trump Says He’s “Not Confident” Gaza Ceasefire Will Hold

Washington (Quds News Network)- US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he’s “not confident” the Gaza ceasefire will hold as it enters its third day, despite taking credit for brokering the agreement.

“I’m not confident. It’s not our war, it’s their war,” he said from the Oval Office, when asked by a reporter whether the ceasefire would hold and last through three planned phases. “I looked at a picture of Gaza – Gaza is like a massive demolition site. That place is, it’s really, it’s got to be rebuilt in a different way.”

However, he claimed that Hamas had been “weakened,” adding that Gaza looked like a “massive demolition site”.

When asked who should govern Gaza, Trump said “you certainly can’t have the people that were there,” referring to Hamas. “Most of them are dead, by the way, right? Most of them are dead. But they didn’t exactly run it well. It was run viciously and badly. So you can’t have that,” he claimed.

The American president, in response to a question, also said that he “might” be able to have a role in rebuilding the enclave.

He praised Gaza, which has been reduced to rubble by 15 months of Israeli bombardment, as having a “phenomenal location, on the sea” and “the best weather.”

“You know, everything’s good. It’s like, some beautiful things could be done with it,” he said.

The comments echo remarks made by his son-in-law Jared Kushner in February 2024 when Kushner called the waterfront property in Gaza “very valuable” and suggested Israel should move Palestinians out of Gaza and “clean it up.”

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