Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump has delivered a stern ultimatum to Hamas, giving the group until Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m. Washington time (2200 GMT) to accept his proposed peace plan for Gaza. In a Friday statement posted on social media, Trump warned that failure to comply would unleash consequences of a magnitude “like no one has ever seen before,” signaling a potential escalation in military or political measures against the group.
The peace blueprint, which was unveiled earlier this week, contains 20 points designed to resolve the protracted conflict in Gaza. It calls for an immediate ceasefire, the exchange of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody, a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas, and the creation of a transi