Overview
- Hamas has three to four days to respond to a U.S.-backed proposal that conditions an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages within 72 hours on the group’s disarmament, a package described by reporters and analysts as an ultimatum.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled support for the White House plan, which would deploy an international stabilization force and install a technocratic interim administration overseen by a proposed Board of Peace that includes Tony Blair.
- Palestinian public voices and experts denounce the blueprint as exclusionary or colonial, while the Palestinian Authority expresses conditional openness centered on humanitarian access, prisoner releases and a path to statehood.
- Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey indicate support for the plan, a stance that observers say is increasing pressure on Hamas to accept the terms.
- The Dutch government says its recent measures against Israel will remain for now pending concrete, verified progress, and it does not rule out a future contribution to any international force.