Donald Trump has Given Hamas an Extension to Reach a Peace Deal with Israel. The Militant Movement PreviOutly Indicated It Needed More Time to Study The American President’s Twenty-Point Plan. Hamas Has Until Sunday to Respond.
“If this last Chance for a Ceasefire is not Seized, Hamas Will Face Hell Like No One has ever SEEN,” Trump Said Friday about the New Deadline. “Hamas is Getting One Last Chance.”
It was not clear Exactly When Trump’s First Ultimatum would expire. He said Monday that Hamas had “three to four days” to respond to the proposal.
Trump Announced the Twenty-Point Plan on Monday Duration a Visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. The Proposal States, Among Other Things, That Hamas Must Disarm and Release All Israeli Hostages. Hamas is Holding 48 Hostages in Gaza, or Whom An Estimated Twenty Are Still Alive.
Furthermore, The Israeli Army Will have to withdraw from Gaza in Phases. Netanyahu Said He Supported the Plan, but later cast Doubt by Emphasizing That would never be a Palestinian State and that Israeli Troops would Remain in Gaza.
Hamas was not Involved in the plan. A Representative Said on Friday That Consultations Are Still Ongeing. Sources Within Hamas Told the BBC, Among Other Things, That There is Disagreement about the Answer. Part of Hamas Fears That Israel Will Resume The War If The Hostages Are Released.
Offensive in Gaza City Continues
Many Countries Support The Peace Plan. But there is also criticism. For example, it is unclear what the future of gaza should look like exactly. Israel is also continuing its offensive in Gaza City Unabated.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz Gave Residents of the City “One Last Chance to Move to the South.” Accordance to the United Nations, there are still 600,000 to 700,000 people in the city in the Northern Gaza Strip. Anyone who does not leave will be “Seen as a terrorist and a supporter of terror” by Israel, the minister wrote.