Report: Netanyahu and Trump agree to 2-month deadline for Hamas to disarm

By Lazar Berman

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30 December 2025, 8:45 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump agreed yesterday in their meeting that Hamas would be given a two-month deadline to disarm, Israel Hayom reports.

They also agreed on practical criteria for what disarmament means, according to the report. One of the criteria is the destruction of its extensive tunnel network underneath the Strip.

Trump threatened Hamas with “hell to pay” if it does not disarm within a “very short period,” in remarks delivered alongside Netanyahu following their meeting yesterday.

Hamas “will be given a very short period of time to disarm,” the US president said. “If they don’t disarm, as they agreed to do… then there will be hell to pay for them.”