After the election results, Hamas calls on Donald Trump to end the war in Gaza

The statement comes amid reports that Trump recently advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the military conflict before his inauguration on January 20, following his election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

“In light of the initial results showing that Donald Trump has won the US presidential election,” Hamas reacted to the election results and expects Trump to “listen to the voices that have been heard by the US public for more than a year on this topic.” [Israeli] Aggression in the Gaza Strip.”

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The Times of Israel reported that Trump's comments calling for an end to the conflict were reportedly first shared with Netanyahu at a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's Florida resort, in July.

Hamas' statement laid out several specific demands for the U.S. to “seriously commit itself to stopping the war of genocide and aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.”

Hamas calls for an end to “military support” for Israel

The militant group also called for an end to “aggression against the brotherly Lebanese people” and called on the US to stop providing “military support and political cover to the Zionist entity.” Hamas also called on the Trump administration to recognize what it calls “the legitimate rights of our people.”

Hamas stressed its intention to continue resisting what it sees as “hateful.” [Israeli] Occupation” stated that it would not accept any solutions that would jeopardize the Palestinians' rights to “freedom, independence, self-determination and the establishment of their independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” consistent with Hamas' long-standing position on Palestinian sovereignty and Their rights cover resistance to Israel's presence in the territories claimed by Palestinians.

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The policies of the current administration of the United States of America under the presidency of Joe Biden alongside Vice President Harris have been quite pro-Israel; However, the White House has in the past issued demarches against some actions by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In October, President Biden pushed for a ceasefire shortly before the IDF began operations in Lebanon.