LONDON: A senior Hamas figure has thanked US President Donald Trump for helping bring about a ceasefire in Gaza. Dr. Basem Naim expressed his gratitude in an interview with Sky News, but said former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair would not be welcome in any role rebuilding or governing the Palestinian enclave. “Without the personal interference of President Trump in this case, I don’t think that it would have happened to have reached the end of the war,” Naim said.