Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Trump To Hamas: 'All Hell Will Break Loose' By Sunday


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(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
US President Donald Trump | File Photo

Srinagar – US President Donald Trump has given an ultimatum to Hamas to sign his Gaza peace plan by Sunday or“all hell will break loose.”
In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump posted,“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,” he said.
He threatened that Hamas members would be targeted and killed if they refused to agree to his plan and asked Palestinians to“immediately leave” the warzone.
“As retribution for the October 7th attack on civilisation, more than 25,000 Hamas“soldiers” have already been killed. Most of the rest are surrounded and 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. 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,” claimed the US President.
Trump on Tuesday had expressed confidence that he would be able to end the war in Gaza, saying that he“got it settled” and“going to get that done.”
“We got it, I think, settled. We'll see. Hamas has to agree. If they don't, it's going to be very tough on them, but it is what it is. But all of the Arab nations, Muslim Nations have agreed. Israel has agreed. Amazing thing, it just came together,” Trump said while addressing more than 800 senior military officers in Virginia.
Trump's 20-point peace plan for Gaza outlines the establishment of a temporary technocratic government, with Israel pledging not to annex the Strip and ensuring that no residents are forced to leave.
Trump's plan has been accepted by Israel and welcomed internationally, but key mediators Egypt and Qatar have said some elements need further negotiation, without elaborating.
Pakistan too has said the US Plan is not the same as the draft proposed by a group of Arab and Muslim countries.
“I made it clear that the 20 points that President (Donald) Trump made public are not ours. Changes were made to our draft. I have the record,” Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said on Friday.
Trump on the other hand said he would wait until Sunday evening for Hamas to accept the proposal.
A Hamas official told The Associated Press this week that some elements of the plan are unacceptable and need to be amended. Palestinians long for an end to the war, but many view this and previous US proposals as strongly favouring Israel.
Trump wrote that most of Hamas' fighters are“surrounded and 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.”
Most of Hamas' top leaders in Gaza and thousands of its fighters have already been killed, but it still has influence in areas not controlled by the Israeli military and launches sporadic attacks that have killed and wounded Israeli soldiers.
Hamas has held firm to its position that it will only release the remaining hostages - its sole bargaining chip and potential human shields - in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal. Netanyahu has rejected those terms, saying Hamas must surrender and disarm.
The war in Gaza began almost two years ago, when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Around 48 people are believed to remain in captivity, and about 20 are thought to be alive.

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