STORY: President Donald Trump on Thursday (October 16) warned that further U.S.-backed intervention could be necessary if Hamas fails to uphold its ceasefire commitments in Gaza.

"We're going to find out if they behave, if they behave good, if they don't behave, we'll take care of it," said Trump.

Trump added that additional bodies of hostages held by Hamas were returned to Israel.

Hamas said on Thursday the return of Israeli hostages' bodies may take time as some were buried in tunnels destroyed by Israel and others remain under the rubble of buildings that Israel bombed and destroyed, adding the group remained committed to the Gaza agreement and keen to hand over all the remaining bodies of the hostages held in Gaza.

The retrieval of the remaining bodies required equipment to remove rubble, which was currently unavailable due to Israel’s ban on entry of such tools, Hamas added.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN OVAL OFFICE, SOUNDBITE FROM TRUMP

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1. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT OVAL OFFICE EVENT

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, IN EXCHANGE WITH JOURNALIST:

JOURNALIST (OFF CAMERA): "You said if they (Hamas) continue, keep killing innocents in Gaza, if that continues..."

TRUMP: "I issued a strong statement."

JOURNALIST (OFF CAMERA): "They used to be gangs and now you're saying innocents. What made you think they're innocents now?"

TRUMP: "I'm looking at what's happening and that wasn't the deal that was made. And we'll see what happens. It's calmed down. It's a tough neighborhood. We know that. We have a commitment from them and I assume they're going to honor their commitment. I hope they do. And I know, I understand they brought back some additional bodies today. It's a rough deal when you think it. Right? Very rough. We have our hostages back completely. We were very lucky with that. But it's a tough, it's a tough situation. They brought back bodies today, as you probably know, but they also said they're going to behave. We're going to find out if they behave, if they behave good, if they don't behave, we'll take care of it."

3. TRUMP DURING OVAL OFFICE