"Trump on Tuesday gave Hamas "three or four days" to respond to the plan he outlined this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has backed the proposal to end Israel's almost two-year-old war with the Palestinian militant group. "Accepting the plan is a disaster, rejecting it is another, there are only bitter choices here, but the plan is a Netanyahu plan articulated by Trump," a Palestinian official, familiar with Hamas' deliberations with other factions, told Reuters. "Hamas is keen to end the war and end the genocide and it will respond in the way that serves the higher interests of the Palestinian people," he said, without elaborating."
"Meanwhile, the Israeli military issued new orders for people to leave for the south and said it would no longer allow those to return to the north, as Gaza City came under heavy bombing. Israeli planes and tanks pounded residential neighbourhoods throughout the night, residents in Gaza City said. Local health authorities said that at least 17 people across Gaza had been killed by the military on Wednesday, most of them in Gaza City. A strike on the old city in northwestern Gaza City killed seven people, while six people sheltering in a school in another part of the city were killed in a separate strike, medics said. In a new development, the Israeli military said that starting on Wednesday it would no longer allow people to use a coastal road to move from the south to communities in the north. It would remain open for those fleeing south, it said. In recent weeks, few people have moved from the south to the north as the military has intensified its siege on Gaza City. However, today's decision will put pressure on those who are yet to leave Gaza City and also prevent hun"
Palestinian groups oppose the Trump-Netanyahu plan as biased toward Israel and warn of bitter choices whether it is accepted or rejected. Hamas is described as eager to end the war and the genocide and will respond to protect higher Palestinian interests. The Israeli military ordered civilians to move south and announced it will no longer allow returns to the north. Gaza City experienced heavy bombardment overnight with at least 17 people reported killed across Gaza, including strikes on the old city and a school. The military closed a coastal road to northbound travel, raising pressure on remaining residents.
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