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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/25/politics/donald-trump-israel-hamas-war
Trump Tells Israel to "Finish the Job" Against Hamas
(CNN) Kevin Liptak - President Trump pulled back his negotiators from Gaza ceasefire talks last week after the U.S. deemed Hamas not "acting in good faith." Trump signaled Friday it was time for Israel to escalate its military campaign. "I think they want to die, and it's very, very bad. It got to a point where you're gonna have to finish the job. They're gonna have to fight and they're gonna have to clean it up. You're gonna have to get rid of 'em." Trump blamed the breakdown in talks squarely on Hamas. "Now we're down to the final hostages, and they know what happens after you get the final hostages, and basically, because of that, they really didn't want to make a deal." Trump said it was Hamas that was preventing aid from being distributed, and that the U.S. hadn't received enough credit for the help it had already provided. "People don't know this, and we didn't certainly get any acknowledgement or thank you, but we contributed $60 million to food and supplies and everything else. We hope the money gets there, because you know, that money gets taken. The food gets taken. We're going to do more, but we gave a lot of money."