Former US President Donald Trump has called for a quick end to Israel’s bombardment on Gaza and a return of its captives, saying the US ally is “getting decimated” by bad publicity, Al Jazeera reports.

“I want him to finish up and get it done quickly, he’s got to get it done quickly,” Trump told Fox News one day before meeting Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

“For whatever reason, you have Jewish people out there wearing yarmulkes and they’re, you know, pro-Palestine. You’ve never seen anything like this. […] They got to get this done fast because the world is not taking lightly to it. It’s really incredible.”

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