Overview

• President Donald Trump set a deadline of Sunday 6 p.m. Washington time for Hamas to accept his 20‑point Gaza proposal and warned of severe consequences if it rejects the deal.
• Hamas said it will release all hostages, alive and dead, and is ready for mediated talks, and it signaled openness to a technocratic Palestinian body to run Gaza under international oversight.
• Senior Hamas figures rejected immediate disarmament and called the plan’s 72‑hour timeline to return hostages unrealistic, and the group indicated it wants a say in Gaza’s political future.
• Trump urged Israel to halt bombing to enable safe and rapid hostage retrieval, while Egypt, Qatar and UN officials welcomed the opening and prepared to facilitate talks and aid access.
• The plan couples an immediate ceasefire and phased Israeli withdrawal with a full hostage‑for‑prisoner exchange — including 250 life‑sentence inmates and about 1,700 detainees — as reports cite roughly 48–50 hostages still in Gaza and a Gaza death toll near 65,000.