Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to Hamas, promising severe consequences should the group fail to honor its peace agreement with Israel.

In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump claimed, “Several of our now strong allies in the Middle East, and regions nearby, have eagerly assured me that they would be ready to enter Gaza with significant force to ‘deal with Hamas’ if the group continues to violate its agreement with us.”

These remarks coincide with Vice President JD’s urgent visit to Israel for discussions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as tensions surrounding the Gaza peace deal escalate.

Trump’s decision to send his vice president and the second lady comes in response to Netanyahu’s order for military strikes, following the killing of two Israeli soldiers by Hamas militants.

“The love and spirit for the Middle East is unlike anything seen in a thousand years! It’s an incredible sight!” Trump added.

‘I told these countries, and Israel, “NOT YET!” There is still hope that Hamas will do what is right.’

‘If they do not, an end to Hamas will be FAST, FURIOUS, & BRUTAL! I would like to thank all of those countries that called to help.’

‘Also, I would like to thank the great and powerful country of Indonesia, and its wonderful leader, for all of the help they have shown and given to the Middle East, and to the U.S.A.’

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered renewed strikes in Gaza after two Israeli soldiers were killed by Hamas fighters

Trump gave a stern warning to Hamas as the Gaza peace deal hangs on by a thread

Vice President JD arrived in Israel for urgent talks with Benjamin Netanyahu as the Gaza peace deal hangs by a thread

The first phase of the ceasefire with Hamas and Israel is still ongoing despite Hamas not handing over the remaining bodies of the 15 deceased hostages. 

Hamas has claimed retrieving the bodies is difficult due to the rubble and ruin across the Gaza region. 

The next phase of Trump’s peace plan is for the disarmament of Hamas along with the group losing control of governing Gaza. Hamas has not agreed to this part of the peace deal. 

Militants and Israeli Defense Forces, however, have fired at each other in southern Gaza amid the fragile ceasefire. 

Israel’s government has accused Hamas’ armed ‘Al Qassam Brigades,’ of repeatedly violating the agreement.

After trading strikes earlier this week, Hamas negotiators reiterated that the group is committed to ensuring the war ‘ends once and for all.’

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Israel is still waiting for Hamas to turn over the remains of 15 deceased hostages. Thirteen bodies have been released since the ceasefire began.

The Gaza Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-run government, said that Israel transferred the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as part of the ceasefire.

Hamas has not agreed to disarm their militants as outlined in the Gaza peace plan

The International Committee of the Red Cross handed over the bodies to the Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis, it said.

The new arrivals brought the number of bodies Israel sent back to Gaza to 165 since the exchanges started earlier this month, according to the health ministry.

‘From the day we signed the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement, we were determined and committed to seeing it through to the end,’ Hamas chief negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, who is in Cairo, told Egypt’s Al-Qahera News television late Monday.

He said the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Trump, represented ‘an international will declaring the war in Gaza is over.’

Al-Hayya said Hamas received assurances from mediators and Trump that ‘give us confidence that the war has ended for good.’

He said Israel has complied with aid deliveries in the crossings according to the agreement but asked mediators to pressure Israel to deliver more shelter, medical supplies and winterization items before the weather changes.

Meanwhile, the head of Egypt’s intelligence agency traveled to Israel on Tuesday to meet with Israeli officials and Witkoff over the implementations of the ceasefire, according to Egyptian media.

On Sunday, Israel’s military said militants had fired at troops, killing two Israeli soldiers in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, under Israeli control as per agreed-on ceasefire lines.

Hamas is citing difficulties in returning the remaining bodies of the dead Israeli hostages due to rubble in the Gaza region.

Retaliatory strikes by Israel killed 45 Palestinians, according to the Strip’s Health Ministry, which says a total of 80 people have been killed since the ceasefire took effect .

Similar strikes occurred on Monday in Gaza City and Khan Younis, where Israel said militants had crossed the yellow ceasefire line and posed an ‘immediate threat’ to its troops .

The Israeli military said Monday it was using concrete barriers and painted poles to more clearly delineate the so-called yellow line in Gaza where troops have withdrawn to. It said several instances of violence have occurred.

Also on Tuesday, Qatar, a key mediator in the ceasefire, denounced Israel in a speech by its ruling emir. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said his nation would continue to serve as a mediator as a ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip.

Sheikh Tamim specifically called Israel out for its ‘continued breaches of the ceasefire’ in Gaza, as well as its expansion of settlements in the West Bank.

A senior health official in the Gaza Strip said the bodies of Palestinians that Israel returned to Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal bore ‘evidence of torture’ and called for an investigation.

Israel returned 150 bodies for Palestinians to Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal, which required the release of all of Israeli hostages – living and deceased – in return for the release of over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and many bodies of Palestinians.

So far, only 32 of the returned bodies have been identified, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.

Dr. Muneer al-Boursh, the general director of the Health Ministry, said in a post of social media late Monday that some of the bodies had returned with evidence of being bound with ropes and metal shackles, blindfolds, deep wounds, abrasions, burns, and crushed limbs.

‘What has happened constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity,’ he said, calling for the United Nations to launch an ‘urgent and independent international investigation.’

The Israel Prisons Service denied that prisoners had been mistreated.