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Asked whether reconstruction conditioned on Hamas disarmament, Trump dodges: ‘It’ll start soon’

By Lazar Berman 29 December 2025, 9:24 pm
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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

US President Donald Trump is asked whether he’ll allow the reconstruction of Gaza to commence before Hamas has been disarmed, but he avoids answering directly.

“I think it’s going to begin pretty soon,” Trump says, reiterating that Gaza has “been a mess for a long time.”

“We’re going to straighten it out. We’re already starting certain things. We’re doing things with sanitary conditions,” Trump claims.

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