Trump gives Sunday deadline for Hamas to take his Gaza proposal or be ‘quickly extinguished’

US President Donald Trump calls on Palestinian civilians to “immediately” evacuate to “safer parts of Gaza, while warning that Hamas has until 6 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday to accept his proposal for ending the war before “ALL HELL” breaks out against the terror group.

Trump writes on Truth Social that Hamas’s remaining fighters are “MILITARILY TRAPPED, just waiting for me to give the word, ‘GO,’ for their lives to be quickly extinguished.”

“As for the rest, we know where and who you are, and you will be hunted down, and killed,” the US president says.

“I am asking that all innocent Palestinians immediately leave this area of potentially great future death for safer parts of Gaza. Everyone will be well cared for by those that are waiting to help,” he adds.

Trump doesn’t specify from which parts of Gaza he wants civilians to flee, but he appears to be referring to Gaza City where hundreds of thousands still remain, as Israel advances its operation to take over what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims is Hamas’s last stronghold.

On Tuesday, Trump said that he would give Hamas three or four days to respond to his proposal and indicated that there wasn’t much more space for additional negotiations.

A source familiar with the talks told The Times of Israel on Thursday that Hamas was slated to soon respond positively to the US proposal while adding a series of amendments, a move likened to what Netanyahu managed to do in the days before the plan was unveiled on Monday when he secured key changes to the document.

Egyptian and Qatari officials have also indicated that they would like to make some changes to the proposal after fuming over the amendments that Netanyahu convinced the US to make.

It’s unclear whether the US will accept additional changes, though, as Trump indicates in his Truth Social post that his patience is running out.

“Fortunately for Hamas, however, they will be given one last chance! Great, powerful, and very rich nations of the Middle East, and the surrounding areas beyond, together with the United States of America, have agreed, with Israel signing on, to PEACE, after 3000 years, in the Middle East,” Trump writes.

“THIS DEAL ALSO SPARES THE LIVES OF ALL REMAINING HAMAS FIGHTERS! The details of the document are known to the WORLD, and it is a great one for ALL!” he adds, apparently referring to the clause granting amnesty to “peace committing” Hamas members and granting those of them who want to leave safe access to unnamed receiving countries.

“Hamas has been a ruthless and violent threat, for many years, in the Middle East! They have killed (and made lives unbearably miserable), culminating with the October 7th MASSACRE, in Israel, babies, women, children, old people, and many young men and women, boys and girls, getting ready to celebrate their future lives together.”

“As retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization, more than 25,000 Hamas ‘soldiers; have already been killed,” he says, reiterating a point he made during the unveiling of the US plan on Monday, potentially setting the stage to argue that Israel has caused enough damage to Hamas to declare victory — a stance voiced by the Biden administration as it sought to convince Israel to take a hostage deal that would end the war.

“We will have PEACE in the Middle East one way or the other. The violence and bloodshed will stop.”

“RELEASES THE HOSTAGES, ALL OF THEM, INCLUDING THE BODIES OF THOSE THAT ARE DEAD, NOW!”

“An agreement must be reached with Hamas by Sunday evening at SIX (6) p.m., Washington, D.C. time. Every Country has signed on!”

“If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas,” Trump wrote.

However, he has several times in recent months claimed to give Hamas a “final warning” to release the hostages, without following through on his threats.

On September 8, Trump wrote on Truth, “I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning. There will not be another one.”

On March 5, he wrote, “Release all of the Hostages now, not later, and immediately return all of the dead bodies of the people you murdered, or it is OVER for you… This is your last warning!”

Signing off on his latest ultimatum, Trump writes, “THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.”