Former President Donald Trump said the war between Israel and Hamas needs to be played out to “see where it ends” because the casualties are growing.
“So you have a war that’s going on, and you’re probably going to have to let this play out. You’re probably going to have to let it play out because a lot of people are dying,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Univision that aired Thursday.
The former president said the war should have never started, and it wouldn’t have happened if he were president because of the way he handled Iran.
“Iran didn’t have the money, because Iran is leading this. And only fools would say that’s not true. They’re leading this. They’re very tricky. very smart, very cunning, They’re leading it, and it’s got to end,” he said.
Mr. Trump said this war is even harder to fight because of the “hatred between two sides.”
“There is no hatred like the Palestinian hatred of Israel and Jewish people. And probably the other way around also, I don’t know,” he said. “You know, it’s not as obvious, but probably that’s it too. So sometimes you have to let things play out and you have to see where it ends.”
Mr. Trump, who has talked about his strong relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his administration, said he thinks Mr. Netanyahu is capable of handling the crisis but needs to do a better job with “public relations [because] the other side is beating them at the public relations front.”
The former president said what is happening in Gaza is “unbelievable” and the deadly Oct. 7 raid by Hamas terrorists on Israel was “horrible.”
It’s been over a month since the terrorist group Hamas launched its attack on Israel. More than 1,200 Israelis have been killed, and over 10,000 have been killed in Gaza.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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