Mashal framed Hamas’ arsenal not as a bargaining chip but as a non-negotiable pillar of its rule.

State Department spokesperson: 'Hamas has agreed to all 20 points of President Trump’s 20 Point Plan. That means Gaza will be fully demilitarized for the sake of Gazans.'

The Hamas leader said that “the right conditions” for the hostages’ freedom were for Israel to “stop this aggression."

Israel finds itself the vanguard of the Western world as it is forced to cope with new methods of terrorism that will eventually threaten other Western countries.

The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) obstructed a plan by Hamas to begin a new Intifada and to carry out a coup in the PA-administered areas.