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.

Statement appears to signal about-face from US president, who previously backed Hamas’s crackdown on Gaza gangs.

Hamas carried out a public execution in Gaza City this week captured on video.