Hamas reacts to Trump's election win and beg him to make good on major promise

Hamas has issued a statement reacting to former President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election, begging him to make good on his promise to end the war in Gaza as it made a series of demands. The terrorist group said Wednesday that Trump's incoming administration must 'work seriously to stop the war,' after he reportedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up the conflict by the time he gets inaugurated on January 20 should he be elected, according to Fox News. Hamas has issued a statement reacting to former President Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential election The former president beat out Vice President Kamala Harris to secure the White House It added that the 'new US administration must realize that our Palestinian people will continue to resist the hateful Zionist 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 at its capital.' Hamas demanded that the incoming Trump administration 'work seriously to stop the war,' after he reportedly asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up the conflict by the time he gets inaugurated on January 20 Meanwhile, Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who leads the West Bank-based government that rivals Gaza-based Hamas, congratulated Trump on his victory. When Trump served his first time in office he forged close ties with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and proposed measures that both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority vehemently opposed Biden temporarily halted specific arms donations to Israel earlier this year following concerns about alleged war crimes, and senior Israeli officials feared that another Democrat administration would have led to further US threats to restrict supplies of weapons and ammunition.