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US President Donald Trump has urged Hamas to accept what he called a “final proposal” for a 60-day ceasefire with Israel in Gaza, claiming that Israel had agreed to the “necessary conditions” for it to take effect.
Trump’s comments — the latest in a string of public ultimatums he has delivered to Hamas — came after he said that he would be “very firm” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the need for a quick deal when the two meet in Washington next week.
“Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we will work with all parties to end the War,” Trump posted on TruthSocial late on Tuesday.
“The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help bring Peace, will deliver this final proposal. I hope, for the good of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, because it will not get better — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.”
The Israeli prime minister’s office and foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Trump did not give any details of the terms of a possible truce, and efforts to mediate one since Israel broke the last ceasefire in March have repeatedly failed.
Israel has previously said it would accept a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire put forward by Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff. But it has repeatedly balked at agreeing to any deal that permanently ends the war in Gaza — one of Hamas’s key demands for any deal — leaving efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement deadlocked.
Israel’s offensive has killed more than 56,000 people in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials, and fuelled a humanitarian catastrophe in the enclave.
During Hamas’s October 7 2023 attack, which triggered the war, militants killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli officials, and took another 250 hostage. About 50 — not all of them alive — are still being held in Gaza.