WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US President-elect Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Sunday that if Hamas reneges on a Gaza ceasefire in exchange for hostages, the United States will support Israel “in doing what it needs to do.” “
He added in an interview with CBS's “Face the Nation” program, “Hamas will never rule Gaza. This is completely unacceptable.”
Waltz said Trump and his team made it clear to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding, “I want the Israeli people to hear me loud and clear.”
He said, “If Hamas withdraws from this agreement and Hamas withdraws and moves the target, we will support Israel in doing what it must do.”
Waltz was also optimistic about the Trump administration's ability to broker a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia as part of the Abraham Accords.
