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President Donald Trump has set a time limit to Hamas, calling for them to agree to a proposed ceasefire agreement for Gaza or else confront extreme actions.

Via a post on his Truth Social platform on the end of the week, the President stated that an deal must be reached by 6 PM EST (10 PM GMT) on Sunday.

This suggested proposal calls for an prompt cessation to conflict and the freeing within 72 hours of twenty living Israel captives kept by the group—plus the remnants of individuals thought to be no longer alive—for hundreds of detained residents.

Regional intermediaries are reported to be pressing Hamas for a favorable answer to the proposal, but a senior group official has indicated that the armed faction is likely to decline it.

"If this LAST CHANCE deal is not achieved, extreme consequences, similar to no one has previously experienced, will break out against the group. WE WILL ACHIEVE STABILITY IN THE REGION BY ANY MEANS," the President wrote in the online post.

Intermediaries have communicated with the leader of Hamas's combat unit in Gaza, who has indicated that he disagrees to the latest US truce proposal, as per sources.

Sources indicate that some of the group's leadership in the Gulf state are willing to endorsing the proposal with changes—however have discovered their leverage restricted as they do not have control over the detainees held by the faction.

Another stumbling block for a number of in the group is that the plan necessitates them to release each and every the detainees over the opening 72 hours of the ceasefire—relinquishing their primary leverage point.

It is estimated to be 48 detainees still being kept in the Palestinian area by the armed group, merely 20 of whom are thought to be living.

Israel's army began a offensive in the Gaza Strip in reaction to the Hamas-led offensive on the region on October 7, 2023, in which approximately twelve hundred individuals were slain and two hundred fifty-one others were seized.

No fewer than thousands of residents have been fatally injured in Israeli strikes in the territory since then, as reported by the region's Hamas-controlled medical office.