Hamas reacts to Trump’s victory, saying he must ‘work seriously to stop the war’ in Gaza

The Palestinian terror group Hamas said on Wednesday that the incoming administration of presidential election winner Donald Trump must “work seriously to stop the war” in the Gaza Strip.

The statement comes after a report claims Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the conflict before he is inaugurated on January 20 if he had won the election. Trump ultimately prevailed over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Hamas said: “In light of the first results showing that Donald Trump won the US presidential election,” they believe he is “obliged to listen to the voices that have been raised by the American public for more than a year regarding the (Israeli) aggression in the Gaza Strip.”

The incoming Trump administration must “work seriously to stop the war of genocide and aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, stop the aggression against the brotherly Lebanese people, stop providing military support and political cover to the Zionist entity , and to recognize the legitimate rights of our people,” Hamas added.

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Palestinian terrorists from the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade in the central Gaza Strip on July 19, 2023. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas also said that “the new US administration must realize that our Palestinian people will continue to resist the hateful (Israeli) occupation and will not accept any path that detracts from their legitimate rights to freedom, independence, self-determination and the establishment of their independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”

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Former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, appear on stage at an election night party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. (Evan Vucci/AP)

A Times of Israel source said Trump initially gave the message to Netanyahu to end the war when the Israeli leader visited him at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, in July.

Mourners raise their hands and chant slogans during the funeral procession of Hezbollah fighters killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 21. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

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The Biden-Harris administration has largely supported Israel, although the White House has spoken out against recent military operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In October, President Biden called for a ceasefire shortly before Israel began military operations in Lebanon.

Fox News’ Yonat Friling and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.