Trump Gives Hamas Sunday Deadline to Accept Gaza Peace Deal or Face ‘All Hell’

US President Donald Trump has given Hamas a Sunday evening deadline to accept a White House-brokered deal to end the Gaza war, warning that catastrophic action will follow if they refuse. In a Truth Social post he demanded an agreement be reached by 6 p.m. Washington time, saying every country had signed on and threatening unprecedented retribution if Hamas did not comply.

Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a 20-point proposal at the White House. Israel has accepted the plan, which calls for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, guarantees against forced displacement from Gaza, and the creation of a governing “peace panel” that would include Sir Tony Blair. Under the proposal Israel would pause its offensive, withdraw from large parts of the territory, free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, and permit a flow of humanitarian aid and later reconstruction.

Hamas has said it needs time to review the proposal and consult other Palestinian factions. One Hamas leader, Mahmoud Mardawi, reportedly rejected any deal that does not secure Palestinian self-determination. A Hamas official told Reuters that “intensive discussion” was underway and that the group was consulting Arab mediators, Turkey and other Palestinian factions.

Trump’s post reiterated hardline rhetoric, claiming more than 25,000 Hamas fighters had already been killed in response to the 7 October 2023 attack and warning remaining fighters that they could be “hunted down, and killed” if they did not surrender. He also urged civilians to move to safer areas of Gaza so they could be cared for, and said the agreement would spare the lives of remaining Hamas fighters if they complied. Officials believe Hamas still holds about 48 hostages, roughly 20 of whom may be alive.

The post comes amid a severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza: experts said Gaza City had been nearing famine before Israel’s major offensive, and roughly 400,000 people have recently fled the city while many hundreds of thousands remain.