Trump says US has ‘understanding’ with Israel on Hamas disarmament deal

United States President Donald Trump has claimed that Israel is “very happy” about the newly announced deal with the Palestinian group Hamas, even though the country has yet to agree to its terms.Friday’s statement came as Trump led a cabinet meeting at Maryland’s Camp David, a presidential retreat.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli government nods to international stabilisation force in Gazalist 2 of 3Israeli strikes kill at least six, including children, across Gaza Striplist 3 of 3Hamas reaches Gaza disarmament agreement with Trump’s Board of Peaceend of listThe US president explained that the deal may go through “ups and down” as the situation remains “complex”, but he presented a rosy picture overall.“We do have an understanding with Israel. Israel’s very happy about it. Israel helped us with it,” Trump said of the agreement.Hours earlier, Hamas had confirmed it agreed to the first step in a deal to bring Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza to a complete end.Israel, however, has remained largely silent on the arrangement, which would include Hamas surrendering its weapons to a Palestinian committee in exchange for a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.At least one ...