Overview

• President Donald Trump gave Hamas until 6 p.m. Sunday Washington time to accept his Gaza peace plan and warned of unprecedented consequences if it refuses.
• Hamas said it is ready to free all Israeli hostages, alive and dead, under the plan’s exchange formula and to transfer local governance to an independent administration, while seeking further consultations on other terms.
• The White House plan outlines a ceasefire, phased Israeli withdrawal, Hamas disarmament, a technocratic transitional cabinet, international stabilisation forces, and an international Council of Peace to be chaired by Trump with figures such as Tony Blair.
• Israel ordered its military to halt the offensive in Gaza City and scale operations to a minimum after U.S. calls, with the IDF preparing for the first stage of Trump’s plan focused on hostage release, according to Israeli media and the army.
• Israel and several Arab, Islamic, and European governments have welcomed the U.S. proposal, and the White House has not publicly commented on Hamas’s conditional response.