Trump Issues Weekend Deadline for the Militant Group to Agree to Gazan Agreement

President Trump has set a ultimatum to the Hamas organization, demanding them to approve a American settlement for Gaza or risk extreme consequences.

Via a message on his Truth Social channel on the end of the week, Trump declared that an deal must be reached by Sunday evening (22:00 GMT) on the coming Sunday.

This proposed proposal involves an swift cessation to hostilities and the return within 72 hours of 20 living Israel captives kept by Hamas—as well as the bodies of hostages presumed to be deceased—for hundreds of arrested Palestinians.

Regional mediators are reported to be pressing the organization for a favorable response to the proposal, but a prominent Hamas representative has suggested that the armed group is expected to refuse it.

"If this FINAL settlement is not achieved, severe retaliation, similar to anyone has before experienced, will occur against the group. WE WILL ACHIEVE PEACE IN THE AREA NO MATTER WHAT," Trump posted in the Truth Social update.

Mediators have made contact with the leader of Hamas's military wing in Gaza, who has signaled that he disagrees to the new American ceasefire proposal, based on sources.

There is belief that certain members of the group's political leadership in Qatar are open to endorsing the plan with modifications—however have found their leverage restricted as they are without control over the detainees held by the faction.

Another hurdle for a number of in Hamas is that the agreement demands them to release all the captives over the initial 72 hours of the halt—relinquishing their primary leverage point.

Reports suggest to be 48 detainees presently being held in the Gazan region by the militant faction, merely 20 of whom are estimated to be surviving.

The Israeli military began a offensive in Gaza in response to the group's assault on Israeli territory on a previous date, in which approximately over a thousand individuals were killed and hundreds others were seized.

No fewer than 66,288 people have been killed in Israeli operations in Gaza from that point, based on data from the region's Hamas-controlled health ministry.