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President Trump has delivered a ultimatum to Hamas, demanding them to agree to a American ceasefire agreement for the Gaza region or else risk severe actions.

Through a statement on his social media account on Friday, the President stated that an agreement must be achieved by Sunday evening (10 PM GMT) on the coming Sunday.

The proposed plan includes an swift cessation to hostilities and the release within a short period of 20 living Israel hostages captured by Hamas—as well as the remnants of individuals thought to be no longer alive—in return for many of imprisoned residents.

International negotiators are understood to be encouraging the organization for a agreeable answer to the plan, but a high-ranking group figure has suggested that the militant group is likely to decline it.

"In case this LAST CHANCE deal is not secured, extreme consequences, similar to no one has before seen, will erupt against the group. WE WILL ENSURE PEACE IN THE REGION BY ANY MEANS," the President wrote in the social media message.

Negotiators have communicated with the head of the group's combat unit in Gaza, who has suggested that he disagrees to the new American truce proposal, according to information.

It is thought that certain members of Hamas's leadership in Qatar are open to agreeing to the agreement with changes—yet have realized their influence limited as they do not have command over the detainees held by the faction.

A further hurdle for certain in the group is that the proposal requires them to release all the captives over the initial 72 hours of the ceasefire—giving away their sole negotiating tool.

It is estimated to be 48 detainees still being detained in the Palestinian area by the militant group, only 20 of whom are estimated to be living.

The Israeli army began a operation in the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas-initiated assault on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which approximately over a thousand people were slain and hundreds others were captured.

A minimum of sixty-six thousand two hundred eighty-eight people have been lost their lives in Israel's strikes in Gaza since then, as reported by the territory's Hamas-controlled health authority.