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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is holding.

Now President Trump is demanding a weakened Hamas to put down its weapons.

I'm going to disarm because they said they were going to disarm, and if they don't

disarm, we will disarm them.

How will you do that?

I don't have to explain that to you.

But if they don't disarm, we will disarm them.

They know I'm not playing games.

Hamas has released the last living Israeli hostages, but a long list of uncertainties

includes when the group will return the bodies of 24 hostages, but a long list of uncertainties includes when the group will return

the bodies of 24 hostages believed dead. The UN says Israel is planning to cut aid into Gaza in half,

accusing Hamas of violating the ceasefire with the slow release of the bodies. And in Gaza,

health officials say the Israeli military killed three Palestinians.

For a sixth time, President Trump says the U.S. has struck a boat allegedly carrying drugs off the Venezuelan coast.

He says six men were killed.

The administration says alleged drug traffickers are unlawful combatants who must be met with military force.

Critics say the strikes violate U.S. and international law.

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