The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said Wednesday that the incoming administration of the winner of the presidential election donald trump must “work seriously to stop the war” in the Gaza Strip.

The statement comes after a report emerged claiming that Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the conflict before his inauguration on January 20, if he had won the election. Trump finally prevailed over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Hamas said: “In light of the initial results showing that Donald Trump wins in the US presidential election,” they believe that “you are required to listen to the voices that have been raised by the American public for more than a year regarding to the (Israeli) war”. aggression on the Gaza Strip.”

The incoming Trump administration must “work seriously to stop the war of genocide and aggression against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, stop the aggression against the brotherly Lebanese people, stop providing military support and political cover to the Zionist entity “. and recognize the legitimate rights of our people,” Hamas added.

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Palestinian terrorists from the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade to mark the anniversary of the 2014 war with Israel, near the border in the central Gaza Strip on July 19, 2023. (Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas also said that “the new American administration must realize that our Palestinian people will continue to resist the hateful (Israeli) occupation and will not accept any path that undermines its legitimate rights to freedom, independence, self-determination and the establishment of its independent Palestinian State with Jerusalem as its capital.”

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Republican presidential candidate Former President Donald Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, take the stage at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, May 6. November, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Evan Vucci/AP)

A Times of Israel source said Trump initially gave Netanyahu the message about ending the war when the Israeli leader visited him at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, last July.

Mourners raise their hands and chant slogans during the funeral procession for Hezbollah fighters who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, September 21. (AP/Bilal Hussein)

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The Biden-Harris administration has largely been supporting israelalthough the White House has spoken out against recent military operations by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In October, President Biden demanded a ceasefire shortly before Israel launched military operations in Lebanon.

Fox News’ Yonat Friling and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.