Trump: After Gvili’s return, ‘now we have to disarm Hamas’

US President Donald Trump says that Hamas helped Israel locate the body of the final Israeli hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, and stresses that the terror group must disarm, as attention shifts to the second phase of his Gaza plan, in an interview with the Axios news site.

“They worked very hard to get the body back,” Trump says of Hamas, adding that “They were working with Israel on it” and that search teams “had to go through hundreds of bodies” in the area to find Gvili.

“Now we have to disarm Hamas like they promised,” Trump continues.

Amid widespread skepticism that Hamas will peacefully disarm under Trump’s plan, Trump notes that there was also skepticism that all hostages would be returned under the plan’s first phase, but that outcome proved possible, the report adds.

“Nobody believed we would bring back all the hostages. It was a great moment,” Trump says, adding that his top advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner briefed him about the recovery this morning, before Trump spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who “was thrilled” about the development.

“Please tell the parents I am very happy,” Trump adds, in a message to the Gvili family.