Trump Threatens “Brutal End” to Hamas, Says Middle Eastern Allies Ready to Enter Gaza

US President Donald Trump has claimed that several Middle Eastern nations have offered to send troops into Gaza to “straighten out Hamas,” reviving his trademark threats against the Palestinian group as a fragile ceasefire teeters on collapse.

“Numerous of our NOW GREAT ALLIES in the Middle East … have explicitly and strongly, with great enthusiasm, informed me that they would welcome the opportunity, at my request, to go into GAZA with a heavy force,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

He warned that if Hamas violates its agreement, “an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL!”

Trump didn’t name which countries made the offer, but singled out Indonesia for what he called “wonderful” regional assistance, a claim that appears overstated, as Jakarta and other governments have offered only peacekeeping forces, not combat deployments.

“The love and spirit for the Middle East has not been seen like this in a thousand years!” Trump wrote. “I told these countries, and Israel, ‘NOT YET!’ There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right.”

The Trump-brokered truce, which the president had hailed as “historic,” is fraying fast. Israel has continued targeted killings and aid restrictions, despite promises to ease humanitarian access.

According to Gaza’s media office, Israel has allowed just 986 aid trucks to enter since the ceasefire began, barely a fraction of the 6,600 promised, or roughly one day’s worth of aid.

On Sunday, Israeli air strikes killed dozens of Palestinians and halted all aid after two Israeli soldiers died in Rafah. Hamas denied involvement, saying the deaths occurred in territory already under Israeli control.

Israel’s campaign over the past two years has killed more than 68,000 Palestinians and destroyed much of Gaza, actions that UN investigators and rights groups have labelled as genocide.

Trump insists Hamas must disarm before any long-term peace deal. But Hamas links disarmament to recognition of a Palestinian state, a condition neither Israel nor Washington has embraced.

His vice president, JD Vance, currently visiting Israel, said an international force might first need to “establish security infrastructure” in Gaza.

“We’re doing very well. We’re in a good place,” Vance told reporters, expressing optimism about maintaining the ceasefire despite “expected” bursts of violence.

Vance also announced the opening of a new US-led Civilian Military Cooperation Centre (CMCC) in Israel, described as a hub for coordinating reconstruction and aid to Gaza. About 200 American troops are stationed there, according to US Central Command, though Washington maintains that no US soldiers will enter Gaza itself.