TRUMP SAYS GAZA TRUCE HOLDS, ISRAEL HAS RIGHT TO ‘HIT BACK’

Wed 29 October 2025:

The US president has addressed questions from reporters over the deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza, on board Air Force One as he travelled from Japan to South Korea.

“As I understand it, they took out an Israeli soldier,” Trump told reporters. “So the Israelis hit back and they should hit back. When that happens, they should hit back,” he added.

“Nothing is going to jeopardise” the ceasefire, Trump said. “You have to understand Hamas is a very small part of peace in the Middle East, and they have to behave.”

Hamas, however, has denied responsibility for the attack on Israeli forces in Rafah, in southern Gaza and said in a statement that it remained committed to the ceasefire deal.

“If they (Hamas) are good, they are going to be happy and if they are not good, they are going to be terminated, their lives will be terminated,” Trump said.

“Nobody knows what happened to the Israeli soldier but they say it was sniper fire. And it was retribution for that, and I think they have a right to do that.”

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Israeli forces have killed at least 90 people in Gaza overnight, including at least 24 children, according to medical sources, in violation of the US-brokered ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump says Israel “hit back” after a soldier was “taken out” but claims “nothing is going to jeopardise” the ceasefire. He also says Hamas has “to behave”.

The killings in Gaza come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “powerful” strikes following an exchange of gunfire in Rafah in southern Gaza. The Israeli military later said an Israeli soldier was killed.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 68,527 people and wounded 170,395 since it began in October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks, and about 200 were taken captive.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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