Donald Trump tells Israel to ‘get back to peace and stop killing people’

Then president Donald Trump with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony in Jerusalem (Evan Vucci/AP)

Former US president Donald Trump offered a tough message to Israel over its war against Hamas, urging the country to: “Get it over with.”

In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Mr Trump said that Israel is “absolutely losing the PR war” and called for a swift resolution to the bloodshed.