Hamas will have ‘hell to pay’ if it fails to disarm, Trump warns after Netanyahu meeting

Israeli prime minister said he will award Trump with Israel prize, highest civilian honor, while visiting Mar-a-Lago

President Donald Trump greets Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago on Monday. Picture: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Donald Trump has warned that Hamas will have “hell to pay” if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting with the Israeli prime minister in Florida.

In a bravura display of mutual admiration, Netanyahu announced that the US president would be awarded the Israel prize, the country’s highest civilian honour, which since its inception in the 1950s has never before been given to a non-Israeli person.