Report: Trump gave Sunday deadline after Qatari emir asked for more time to deliver Hamas

US President Donald Trump reportedly gave his Sunday 6 p.m. Eastern time deadline for Hamas to respond to his Gaza peace proposal after Qatari Emir Tamim asked him for more time.

Trump on Tuesday said he would give Hamas three to four days to respond, which meant by Friday or Saturday.

On Wednesday, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani phoned Trump and said the original timeline wasn’t sufficient and asked for a full week to try and bring Hamas on board.

Qatari officials told their US counterparts that Hamas needs to consult with all of the factions in Gaza, as the terror group is not the only one holding hostages, Channel 12 reports.

The Qataris also argued that communication between Hamas’s Gaza-based leadership and its officials abroad takes time — something an unnamed senior Israeli official disputed to the network.

Trump agreed to extend the deadline, though, not for as long as the Qatari emir had requested.

Echoing reporting in The Times of Israel, the senior Israeli official tells Channel 12 that Jerusalem believes that Hamas will respond positively to the US proposal, while requesting a series of amendments and clarifications.

Still, the Hamas response is likely to come earlier in the weekend than Trump’s deadline.

The Israeli official says Hamas is seeking to secure amendments to the deal that prevent a scenario from unfolding that is similar to the situation in Lebanon, where a ceasefire has been in place since November 2024, but Israel has continued carrying out airstrikes against what it says are Hezbollah targets on a near-daily basis since.