The announcement follows a declaration from President Trump on Friday afternoon that the terrorists had until Sunday to respond to the peace proposal, threatening an even greater military onslaught nearly two years into the war sparked by the Oct. 7 attack into Israel. It was unclear how the U.S. and Israel would respond to partial acceptance.
“An Agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday Evening at SIX (6) P.M., Washington, D.C. time,” Trump wrote Friday on social media. “Every Country has signed on! If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.”
Under the plan, which Trump unveiled earlier this week alongside, Hamas would immediately release the remaining 48 hostages — around 20 of them believed to be alive. It would also give up power and disarm.
In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
The territory would be placed under international governance, with Trump himself and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair overseeing it.
Thousands of Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 and carried out a massacre of more than 1200 Israeli men, women and children. They abducted more than 250 others. Many of those have since been released in ceasefires or other deals. But 48 of those hostages remain with only 20 of them believed to be still alive.
