Israeli prime minister said he will award Trump with Israel prize, highest civilian honor, while visiting Mar-a-Lago<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donald Trump<\/a> has warned that Hamas<\/a> will have \u201chell to pay\u201d if it fails to disarm while offering full-throated support to Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> during a meeting with the Israeli prime minister in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a bravura display of mutual admiration, Netanyahu announced that the US president would be awarded the Israel<\/a> prize, the country\u2019s highest civilian honour, which since its inception in the 1950s has never before been given to a non-Israeli person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trip by Netanyahu to Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago residence came amid a new push by officials in Washington to force concessions from Israel to allow progress towards the second phase of a Gaza<\/a> peace plan, which in October halted the devastating two-year-long war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asked if he and Netanyahu had discussed Israel pulling back troops before Hamas<\/a> fully disarmed, Trump told reporters: \u201cIf they don\u2019t disarm as they agreed to do \u2013 they agreed to it \u2013 then there\u2019ll be hell to pay for them and we don\u2019t want that, we\u2019re not looking for that. But they have to disarm within a fairly short period of time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n He described the question of Israel withdrawing its forces as \u201ca separate subject\u201d, adding only: \u201cWe\u2019ll talk about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n