Trump adviser: Gaza demilitarization ‘very complex,’ we’re working on ‘defining how to get there’

A senior Trump adviser acknowledges that implementing the demilitarization of Gaza will be a very difficult task.

“Right now we’re in the process of defining how to get there in a way where everyone feels safe,” the Trump adviser says during a briefing with reporters.

“It’s not realistic to think everyone’s just going to walk in, drop their arms and say, ‘There you go,’ he says.

“A lot of the people — even on the Hamas side — are fearful of retribution from other people inside Gaza. So it’s a very complex dynamic,” the Trump adviser continues.

“But the sentiment from the Arab mediators and from us is that they still want to continue to work together to find a way to do it,” he adds. “We’re all working very closely, creatively and aggressively to find the right outcome that satisfies everyone’s objectives.”

Regardless, the Trump adviser asserts all mediators agree that “no rebuilding money will go into areas that Hamas controls.”

“Hamas-free, terror-free zones” will be rebuilt first and those areas “hopefully can be the examples for what could be possible in the whole place if this program is successful.”

“We’ll know over the coming weeks if the right plan develops” for demilitarizing Gaza, the Trump adviser says.

“If Hamas tries to reconstitute in a way that will pose a long term threat for Israel, that would be a violation of the agreement, but we’re not at a point yet where anyone feels like the agreement has been violated,” he adds.