"Hamas is likely to provisionally accept Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire proposal in the coming days but only on condition there are significant revisions of some of its key elements, analysts and sources close to the group say. Trump imposed a deadline of three or four days from Tuesday for Hamas to give its response to his 20-point plan, which aims to bring the two-year war in Gaza to a close and allow an apparently indefinite international administration of the devastated territory, or pay in hell."
"If they say no', as Trump has made clear, that will not be good and will allow Israel to do whatever it takes to finish this. They will say yes, but we need this and that, Abusada said. Hugh Lovatt, senior fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said it would be very difficult for Hamas to accept the terms unconditionally."
"Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, has accepted the Trump plan, which has incorporated many of Israel's principal demands and was formulated without consulting Hamas. Netanyahu, who is wanted for alleged war crimes by the international criminal court committed during the Israeli offensive in Gaza, has said Israel would finish the job if Hamas rejected the proposal or slowed their implementation. In March, Israel unilaterally broke a two-month ceasefire, refusing to move to a scheduled second phase that could have definitively ended hostilities."
Hamas is likely to provisionally accept Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire proposal but only if significant revisions are made to key elements. Trump imposed a three- or four-day deadline for Hamas to respond to his 20-point plan, which aims to end the two-year war and establish an apparently indefinite international administration of Gaza. Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted the plan, which reflects many Israeli demands and was formulated without consulting Hamas, and he warned Israel would finish the job if Hamas rejected or delayed acceptance. Hamas leadership is divided between Istanbul, Doha and Gaza, complicating a response. Turkey and Qatar are pressuring Hamas to make concessions. One major sticking point is the plan's demand that Hamas disarm.
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