Gaza latest: Trump says Israel must ‘make a decision’ on future of war as starvation crisis worsens – UK Times

Donald Trump said on Sunday that Israel would have to make a decision on next steps in Gaza, adding he did not know what would happen after the collapse of ceasefire negotiations with Hamas.

“They don’t want to give them back, and so Israel is going to have to make a decision,” Mr Trump told reporters at the start of a meeting with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland.

“I know what I’d do, but I don’t think it’s appropriate that I say it. But Israel is going to have to make a decision,” he said, while also claiming, without evidence, that Hamas was stealing food coming into Gaza and selling it.

The US president added that Washington would provide more aid to the Palestinian enclave devastated by US ally Israel’s military assault.

The military said on Sunday it would suspend operations daily from 10am until 8pm in parts of central and northern Gaza, including al-Mawasi, Deir el-Balah and Gaza City, and promised to open aid corridors from 6am to 11pm to let in food and medical supplies.

However, within hours of the so-called “humanitarian pause” taking effect, Israeli forces resumed air raids. One reported strike targeted a bakery in an area designated as a “safe zone”, according to Al Jazeera.

Maroosha Muzaffar reports: