Claim: Viral posts featuring a clip of the US president Donald Trump claim that during a recent press conference, Trump announced that if Hamas does not disarm, member countries of the Gaza peace plan, including Pakistan will send troops to Israel to wipe out Hamas.
Fact: Donald Trump did not say that Pakistan will send troops to Israel to wipe out Hamas at any point during the press conference in question.
A video of US President Trump has been shared online with the following caption: “پاکستان کا شکریہ جو فوج اسرائیل بھیج رہے ہیں بلی تھیلے سے باہر آگئی۔ ٹرمپ کا بہت بڑا اعلان۔ اب اسرائیل کو کچھ کرنے کی ضرورت نہیں، جن ممالک سے ہم معاہدہ کر چکے وہی حماس کو صفہ ہستی سے مٹا دیں گی۔ ہم پاکستان کا شکریہ ادا کرتے ہیں وہ بھی فوج اسرائیل بھیج رہے ہیں”
[Translation: Thanks to Pakistan, the army they are sending to Israel, the cat is out of the bag. Trump’s big announcement. Now Israel doesn’t need to do anything, the countries we have agreed with will wipe out Hamas from the page. We thank Pakistan. They are also sending troops to Israel.]
In the video, a reporter asks the US president:
“You don’t see Hamas disarm in that short amount of time they’re giving them. Can you tell us what the next steps would be?”
Trump responds, saying:
“It would be horrible for them. Horrible. Gonna be really, really bad for them. And I don’t want that to happen. But they made an agreement that they were going to disarm. You know, we have many countries, 59 countries that are in agree-. This is a real peace in the Middle East. And Hamas is a small part of it, but it’s still a part of it. But we have 59 countries that signed on big countries, countries that are outside of the Middle East as you know the Middle East. They want to go in and wipe out Hamas. They don’t want Israel, they don’t need Israel. They want to do it because it’s the right thing to do, because they were for the deal based on the fact that Hamas pledged, they swore, that they were going to disarm. Now, if they’re not going to disarm, those same countries will wipe out Hamas.”
Fact or Fiction?
While the viral posts’ captions suggest that Pakistan will send troops to wipe out Hamas, the US president does not explicitly mention Pakistan in the accompanying clip. Therefore, Soch Fact Check reverse-searched keyframes of the viral clip to trace the original footage and understand the context of Trump’s remarks. We found the complete video shared on The White House’s official YouTube channel on 30 December 2025, titled: “President Trump and the Prime Minister of Israel Deliver Remarks”.
During the press conference, the US president and Israeli prime minister underscored the strength of the US-Israel alliance and Netanyahu praised Trump as an extraordinary friend of Israel whose leadership enabled major regional achievements. They talked about security issues, with Trump warning Hamas to disarm quickly or face severe consequences. The US president expressed confidence in avoiding conflict with Turkey and cautioned Iran and Hezbollah against hostile actions. They also addressed Gaza’s humanitarian outlook, Syria’s border and minority protections, and regional diplomacy. Trump highlighted plans to expand the Abraham Accords and predicted eventual Saudi normalisation with Israel.
The viral clip contains different segments of Trump’s remarks from 18:11 to 19:40. During this portion, he discussed the consequences if Hamas does not disarm. President Trump emphasised that Hamas made an agreement to disarm, and if they don’t, other countries are willing to intervene and “wipe them out”. These countries, part of the 59 nations that signed onto the peace deal, agreed to the deal based on Hamas’ pledge to disarm, and if Hamas fails to do so, these countries will act because “it’s the right thing to do”, Trump added.
However, neither the US president nor the Israeli prime minister mentioned Pakistan specifically at any point during the press conference. Donald Trump did not announce that Pakistan would be sending troops to Israel to eliminate Hamas, nor did he thank Pakistan for such an action.
Soch Fact Check also searched for credible reports on this development. Initially, Pakistan welcomed the peace plan proposed by the US president on 29 September 2025. At the time, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Pakistan had not yet decided whether it would send troops to support a possible peacekeeping force in Gaza.
On 20 December 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked whether Pakistan had given its consent to deploy troops to Gaza for peacebuilding efforts. He responded saying that discussions were ongoing and that countries involved wanted clarity on the mandate and funding mechanism. Rubio added that though the US was “grateful to Pakistan for their offer to be a part of it, or at least their offer to consider being a part of it”, the US owed them a few more answers before asking for a firm commitment.
More recently, on 27 December 2025, Ishaq Dar clarified that Pakistan was willing to contribute to an international peacekeeping force in Gaza but would not deploy troops to disarm or de-weaponise Hamas. His remarks came amid reports that Washington viewed Pakistan as a potentially significant contributor to an International Stabilisation Force under President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace framework, according to Arab News.
Our search confirmed that Pakistan has not announced any plans to send troops to disarm Hamas. Pakistani officials have consistently stated that any potential role would be limited to participation in an international peacekeeping or stabilisation force, subject to a clear mandate, and would not involve disarming or fighting Hamas.
We further narrowed our search to determine whether the US president had recently announced any plans by Pakistan to send troops to disarm Hamas, or had thanked the country for such an action. This search did not yield any credible results.
Pakistan was invited to join the Gaza “Board of Peace” on 19 January 2026. The US president’s administration reached out to figures worldwide to sit on the board and related bodies overseeing governance and reconstruction in post-war Gaza, reported Dawn. On 22 January 2026, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and senior officials from 19 other countries signed the charter for the “Board of Peace” headed by the US president, who has billed the body as a platform for resolving international conflicts, according to Dawn.
According to CNN, “the charter draft, obtained by CNN, describes the Board of Peace as an “international organization” promoting stability, peace and governance “in areas affected or threatened by conflict. Trump will serve as chairman of the board indefinitely, according to the charter, possibly holding the post beyond his second term as president.” The article added that the “Board of Peace will sit above a “founding Executive Board” that includes Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and former British prime minister Tony Blair.”
The mandate of the Board of Peace, as outlined in its charter, focuses on governance, reconstruction, and stability in post-conflict areas. This indicates that Pakistan’s participation would be diplomatic or peacekeeping in nature rather than combat-oriented.
Official reports confirm that Pakistan has consistently denied sending troops to disarm Hamas. Moreover, US President Donald Trump did not mention that Pakistan in particular will send its troops to “wipe out” Hamas during the press conference in question. Therefore, Soch Fact Check concludes that the claim made in the viral post is false.
Virality
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Conclusion: US President Donald Trump did not announce that Pakistan would be sending troops to disarm Hamas.
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