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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Trump: Israel will ‘have to make a decision’ on future of Gaza war
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Asked about the images of starving children coming out of Gaza, US President Donald Trump tells reporters: “It’s terrible.”
But then he pivots to say, “They’re stealing the food,” money, and weapons, without specifying who he is talking about, likely alluding to the Hamas terror group.
Trump laments that the US donated $60 million to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and did not get a thank you, while no other country has given anything.
The actual figure is $30 million. The US is also far from the only country to donate humanitarian aid and is not even the largest donor, as the United Arab Emirates give a larger percentage of assistance.
Commenting on the state of the war after the US and Israel pulled their negotiators out of Doha amid anger at Hamas’s latest response, Trump says “Israel will have to make a decision.”
“I know what I would do, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to say it,” he says.
He reiterates his claim that he predicted the breakdown in talks, saying Hamas would not want to release the final hostages because it would lose its last bargaining chip.
REPORTER: Should Israel be doing more to allow food in Gaza?
TRUMP: Say it?
REPORTER: Should Israel be doing more to allow food in Gaza?
TRUMP: What is she saying?
SOMEONE ELSE: Should Israel be doing more to allow food in Gaza?
TRUMP: You really at least want to have… pic.twitter.com/BJhUIXdxzM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 27, 2025
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