US approves Hamas for temporary Gaza policing role
US President Donald Trump announced that Washington has granted Hamas temporary authorization to perform policing duties in Gaza
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (MNTV) – US President Donald Trump announced that Washington has granted Hamas temporary authorization to perform policing duties in Gaza during a transitional period, as nearly two million displaced Palestinians begin returning to the devastated enclave.
Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to the Middle East peace summit, Trump said the arrangement was designed to ensure security as residents return to areas reduced to rubble. “They do want to stop the problems, and they’ve been open about it, and we gave them approval for a period of time,” he told reporters.
He added that the move was necessary to prevent looting and violence amid the postwar chaos. “You’ve got close to 2 million people going back to buildings that have been demolished, and a lot of bad things can happen. So we want it to be safe,” he said.
Declaring the Gaza war “over,” Trump said he believed the ceasefire would hold, emphasizing that both sides were exhausted by decades of conflict. “The war is over, okay? You understand that?” he said when asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position. “I think people are tired of it. It’s been centuries, not just recent. It’s been centuries.”
Trump outlined immediate reconstruction goals, calling Gaza a “demolition site” in need of urgent debris removal. He mentioned plans for a “Board of Peace” to govern Gaza during its rebuilding phase, though he expressed uncertainty about including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in the effort.
The US president also suggested that his strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities had weakened Hamas’s backers, pushing the group toward compromise.
Trump arrived in Egypt with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to co-chair the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. The meeting brings together more than twenty world leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to consolidate the ceasefire and chart a path toward lasting regional stability.
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