US President says he would support Israeli strikes on Iran if Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday met US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Speaking at a press conference following the meeting, Trump warned the Hamas terrorist organization it must disarm or face consequences.

“If they don’t disarm – as they agreed to do, they agreed to it – then there will be hell to pay for them, and we don’t want that. We’re not looking for that,” he stated.

“It’ll be horrible for them – horrible, really, really bad for them [if they don’t disarm]. I don’t want that to happen, but they made an agreement that they’re going to disarm,” added Trump.

The President also sent a message to Iran, saying he hopes the Islamic Republic is not building up its nuclear program again. “It’s a 37-hour trip both ways, I don’t want to waste a lot of [B-2] fuel,” he said.

On the Abraham Accords, Trump said, “Saudi Arabia’s been very good as far as I’m concerned… and at some point, they’ll sign the Abraham Accords.”

A reporter asked Trump if he had a message for Netanyahu about Judea and Samaria, to which Trump replied, “Well, we have had a discussion, big discussion for a long time on the West Bank. And I wouldn’t say we agree on the 100%, but we’ll come to a conclusion on the West Bank.”

Asked whether he is going to approve the sale of F-35s to Turkey, Trump said, “We’re thinking about it very seriously.”

Trump and Netanyahu also spoke at the beginning of their meeting, with the President stating that he wanted to move to Phase 2 of the Gaza peace plan “as quickly as possible,” but stressed that “there must be a disarming” of the Hamas terrorist organization.

Trump also praised Prime Minister Netanyahu. “He’s a war-time prime minister, he’s done a phenomenal job. He’s taken Israel through a very dangerous period of trauma. Israel, with other people, might not exist right now.”

“If you had the wrong prime minister, Israel right now would not exist,” he added. “We worked together and we were extremely victorious.”

The US President also addressed the Iranian threat, stating: “Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up again. And if they are, we’re gonna have to knock them down. We’ll knock the hell out of them. But hopefully that’s not happening.”

When asked if he would support an Israeli attack on Iran if Iran does not agree to a deal and continues its development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, Trump answered “yes.”

“Missiles, yes, the nuclear, fast,” he said. “We’ll do it immediately.”

When asked about the possibility of the start of the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire before the release of the last remaining hostage in Gaza, Ran Gvili, Trump called Ran a “wonderful young man” and referenced his “wonderful parents,” who were in attendance.

“He’s the only one left, and we’re doing everything we can to get his body back,” Trump said.

Prime Minister Netanyahu also praised President Trump. “We’ve never had a friend like President Trump in the White House. It’s not even close … I think Israel is very blessed to have President Trump leading the United States and leading the free world at this time. I think it’s not merely Israel’s great fortune. I think it’s the world’s great fortune.”

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