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US President Donald Trump has made his anger unmistakably clear. His blunt warning to Hamas — “We will find ourselves with no choice but to go in and kill them if the bloodshed continues” — came in response to what he called “field executions” of Palestinians accused of collaboration. These killings, which drew condemnation from both the Palestinian Authority and France, have become a flashpoint in the fragile peace process.
This was not simply another Trump outburst. The warning signals a calculated pressure campaign designed to prevent Hamas from consolidating power and control in Gaza. Trump aims to dismantle the group’s military infrastructure and diminish its authority, wary that it might create irreversible facts on the ground — even as its visible armed presence as a “police” force maintaining order appears to have tacit American acceptance.
Behind this lies a larger ambition: making Trump’s Gaza peace plan work. It represents Washington’s first genuine effort to end the war since October 2023, backed by regional heavyweights, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkiye. Notably, Iran has yet to actively sabotage the deal. Still, formidable obstacles remain, even as the initiative has carved out a pathway toward relative calm and extended ceasefire — always shadowed by the threat that Israel might resume military action on any number of pretexts.
