OREANDA-NEWS US President Donald Trump has threatened to "destroy" the Palestinian Hamas movement if the terms of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip are violated.

"They will behave well, they will be nice, and if they don't, we will destroy them if we have to," Trump told reporters at the White House, referring to Hamas.

According to Trump, the Palestinian movement knows that it will be destroyed if the terms of the Gaza deal are violated.