<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US President Donald Trump said that he would consider allowing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resume military action in Gaza if Hamas refuses to uphold its end of the ceasefire deal, telling CNN that Israeli forces could return to the streets "as soon as I say the word."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What's going on with Hamas – that'll be straightened out quickly," Trump said in a brief telephone call.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump's comments come as Israel is accusing Hamas, a group labelled a terrorist organisation by the US government, of not abiding by the agreement that it hand over hostages, living and dead, as part of a deal to end the fighting in Gaza.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-gaza-update-trump-demands-hamas-return-dead-hostages/5a03c720-07a9-4369-9c3d-3beda3b3215f" rel="" target="_blank" title="Trump's warning to Hamas as more dead hostages returned "><strong><span>Trump's warning to Hamas as more dead hostages returned</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>That has caused rising anger in Israel, where authorities have told the UN that humanitarian aid shipments expected to be allowed into Gaza will be reduced or delayed because of the small number of deceased hostages turned over. But so far, the tenuous ceasefire has held.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Point four of Trump's 20-point peace plan stated, "Within 72 hours of Israel publicly accepting this agreement, all hostages, alive and deceased, will be returned."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>As of Wednesday, all 20 of the living Israeli hostages had been returned to Israel. But Hamas had handed over the bodies of only four people, and the Israeli military has said that one of them does not belong to an Israeli hostage. Four to five more bodies are expected to be returned within hours, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/israel-hamas-ceasefire-trump-warns-israeli-troops-could-restart-fighting/e13b1ed9-4510-4b96-b5a0-fbd39a4b3666" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump noted the rescue of the living hostages was important in its own right. "Getting those 20 hostages out was paramount," the US president said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the days following the hostage release, violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/bali-shooting-three-australian-men-face-death-penalty/ff2492a8-21ec-46c6-90b9-3499f0268245" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Aussie trio could face firing squad in Bali after murder charges</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump has warned previously that Hamas must also disarm or "we will disarm them." His 20-point plan contemplates a future in which Hamas agrees not to have any role in the governance of Gaza, which will be demilitarised and under independent monitoring. But the administration has acknowledged that it still has to do more work to resolve the future of Gaza, and that the agreement that prompted the hostage release is only phase one.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump said that right now, Hamas is "going in and clearing out the gangs, violent gangs."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm doing research on it," he said when asked if it was possible that Hamas was executing innocent Palestinians. "We'll find out about it. It could be gangs plus," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Point six of the president's 20-point peace plan states, "Once all hostages are returned, Hamas members who commit to peaceful co-existence and to decommission their weapons will be given amnesty. Members of Hamas who wish to leave Gaza will be provided safe passage to receiving countries."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>What happens if Hamas refuses to disarm? CNN asked the president.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/household-stress-over-1-million-households-now-experiencing-cost-of-living-crisis/58a49c4d-6c2a-4f80-a049-5a4b901d4d73" rel="" target="_blank" title="More than a million households at critical stress point"><strong><span>More than a million households at critical stress point</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think about it," Trump responded. "Israel will return to those streets as soon as I say the word. If Israel could go in and knock the crap out of them, they'd do that."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I had to hold them back," the president said of the Israel Defence Forces and Netanyahu administration. "I had it out with Bibi."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The president, though, was clearly feeling positive about long-term prospects for peace, particularly given the strong support of other countries in the region.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Fifty-nine countries are part of this," he said of the ceasefire deal, apparently referring to those countries who attended a ceremony in Egypt to sign a document of high-level principles titled the "Trump Peace Agreement" or expressed statements of support.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've never seen anything like this. Now it's all happening. They want to be part of the Abraham Accords. 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