Trump gives Hamas ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza peace plan or face ‘a very sad end’ – live
By Guardian - Ambrose/Matthew Pearce/Patrick Wintour/Sam Jones/Jason Burke/Andrew Sparrow - Tue 30 Sep 2025 15.00 BST
Ultimatum comes as Netanyahu says he did not agree to Palestinian state as part of Trump Gaza plan, and IDF will remain ‘in most of territory’ What’s in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza?
14.14 BST
Trump gives Hamas ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza plan
Donald Trump has said Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his Gaza plan or face the consequences.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump said Israeli and Arab leaders had accepted the proposal and “we’re just waiting for Hamas”.
Trump and Netanyahu agree on Gaza ceasefire deal – VIDEO
Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end.
Asked if there was room for negotiations, Trump replied: “Not much.”
14.56 BST
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has posted on X today, welcoming Trump’s plan for Gaza:
We welcome President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of a comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict.
It provides a viable pathway to long term and sustainable peace, security and development for the Palestinian and Israeli people, as also for the larger West Asian region. We hope that all concerned will come together behind President Trump’s initiative and support this effort to end conflict and secure peace.
14.56 BST
Starmer welcomes Donald Trump's peace proposal in Gaza
Andrew Sparrow
Giving the keynote speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, UK prime minster Keir Starmer said he welcomes the “US initiative to bring peace” to the Middle East:
I strongly support efforts to end the fighting, release every hostage and urgently scale up aid into Gaza.
All sides must now come together to bring this initiative into reality, because we must restart the hope of a two-state solution, a safe and secure Israel alongside the long promised Palestinian state, a state that this country now recognises.
Trump gives Hamas ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza plan
Donald Trump has said Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his Gaza plan or face the consequences.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump said Israeli and Arab leaders had accepted the proposal and “we’re just waiting for Hamas”.
Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end.
Asked if there was room for negotiations, Trump replied: “Not much.”
15.00 BST
Jason Burke
Hamas has said it will review the outline of the Gaza peace plan presented by Donald Trump in Washington yesterday, as leaders across the Middle East and elsewhere voiced support for the proposal, which comes after almost two years of relentless violence.
In Israel, media and politicians broadly welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement, made at a joint press conference with Trump, that he supported the 20-point plan, which meets many of Israel’s principal demands.
Hamas officials said they would discuss the proposal internally and with other Palestinian factions before responding.
A Hamas source told AFP news agency that the group had “begun a series of consultations within its political and military leaderships, both inside Palestine and abroad”, which would “take several days due to the complexities of communication among leadership members and movements”.
The 20-point plan calls for the disarmament of Hamas and bans it from any future political role in Gaza. It requires the militant Islamist organisation to release the 48 Israeli hostages it still holds – of whom fewer than half are thought still to be alive – within 72 hours of a ceasefire coming into effect, but offers the gradual withdrawal of Israeli military forces to a buffer zone along the perimeter and a surge in humanitarian aid, desperately needed by the 2.3 million inhabitants of the devastated territory.
It also requires Israel to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including many serving life sentences.
13.49 BST
Some pictures coming out of Gaza today:
14.52 BST
Sam Jones
Spain’s leftwing labour minister and deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz, has blasted Trump’s plan in a video posted on Bluesky.
“Trump and Netanyahu’s plan for Palestine isn’t a peace plan; it’s an imposition. It’s an ultimatum, dressed up as an agreement, which comes without any guarantees and without any timeframe for a Palestinian state,” she said.
“This plan has been put together without Palestine. It ignores its institutions and its people, and it proposes turning Gaza into a protectorate overseen by the US and with Israel setting the pace.”
In marked contrast to Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez – who has welcomed the plan (see post 09.00), saying the time has come “to put an end to so much suffering” – Díaz said that supporting the plan was “to continue perpetuating the illegal occupation and the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
Díaz, the founder of the Sumar alliance that is the junior partner in Sánchez’s socialist-led coalition government, has been an outspoken critic of Israel’s Gaza offensive and has accused it of carrying out genocide.
Last month, Israel said that Díaz would be denied entry to the country in retaliation for what its foreign ministry has termed her “anti-Israel and antisemitic vision”.
13.20 BST
Patrick Wintour
In a little noticed part of the 20-point Trump peace plan, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will only be considered to have reformed itself and be eligible to run what has been described as ‘New Gaza’ if it drops all involvement in the legal cases being taken against the US or Israel at the international court of justice (ICJ) and the international criminal court (ICC).
The ICJ is still examining whether Israel has or is committing a genocide in Gaza, as well as whether Israel has breached the UN’s immunities by throwing the UN Palestinians right agency Unrwa out of Gaza.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The requirement that the PA drop all legal actions against the US and Israel in all tribunals is only mentioned in the plan when the document says the PA will only be able to take over the administration of Gaza from technocrats when it has “completed its reform programme, as outlined in various proposals, including president Trump’s peace plan in 2020”.
The 2020 peace plan stated it was a requirement that the PA take no action, and shall dismiss all pending actions, against the state of Israel, the United States (US) and any of their citizens before the international criminal court the international court of justice and all other tribunals.
It also required the PA to take no action against any Israeli or US citizen before Interpol or any non-Israeli or US – as applicable – legal system.
13.28 BST
Gaza death toll rises to 66,097
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said on Telegram that the death toll from Israel’s military campaign has risen to 66,097 deaths and 168,536 injuries since 7 October 2023.
It said 42 deaths and 190 injuries were recorded in the past 24 hours, though victims remain under rubble and in streets that emergency crews have been unable to reach.
The ministry also reported that since March 2025 there have been more than 13,000 deaths and over 56,000 injuries, while hundreds have died from famine and malnutrition.
Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, has said there is “nothing that would guarantee peace” in Trump’s plan for Gaza.
This plan is totally biased to the Israeli side. They call it a peace plan, but there is nothing that would guarantee peace, because it doesn’t talk about ending the occupation. The main cause of the problems we have is the system of apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people.
There is no guarantee that once Israel gets back it’s captives that Netanyahu will not reactivate the war. There is no clear plan of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
12.45 BST
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has said education must be included in any agreement to end the war in Gaza. In a post on X, Lazzarini said:
The education of children must be part of any agreement to end the war in Gaza. The proposed plan must offer some hope to more than 660,000 children out of school for the third year.
Bringing them back to learning should be a collective priority to promote lasting peace & stability.
11.59 BST
Qatar says it has US and Israeli assurances on security as it prepares Hamas talks
Qatar has said it had received clear security assurances from the US and a commitment from Israel not to attack it again, after a call a day earlier between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari told a press conference the pledges came “under the guarantee of the US president” and that Doha was “content with the security assurances” it had been given after attacks by Israel on Qatar, according to AFP.
Al-Ansari also confirmed that Qatar would hold further talks on Tuesday with Hamas negotiators and Turkey to discuss Trump’s Gaza plan. He said the Hamas delegation had promised to study the proposal “responsibly” and that another meeting, with Turkish participation, was scheduled later in the day.
14.40 BST
Spain to investigate firms tied to occupied territories
The Spanish government has said it will investigate companies that advertise products or services that originate from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.
The measure follows the approval of a decree last week that bans the promotion of such goods and services in Spain to prevent firms from benefiting from the occupation, the consumer ministry said in a statement.
Consumer affairs minister Pablo Bustinduy said earlier this year his office would use “all necessary resources” to ensure no company operating in Spain profits from the occupation.
“No firm should have its balance sheet stained with the blood of the Palestinian people,” the statement quoted him as saying at an event in July.
Spain has already announced a law formalising the existing, de facto arms embargo on Israel and a ban on the use of Spanish ports and airspace to transport fuel or weapons to the Israeli military. Sánchez also said those “directly involved in the genocide” would not be allowed into Spain and announced increases in his country’s humanitarian aid to Gaza.
11.28 BST
Russia backs Trump’s Gaza plan
The Kremlin has said it supported Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza.
“Russia always supports and welcomes any efforts by President Trump aimed at ending this ongoing tragedy,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, including AFP, on a daily briefing call.
“Of course, we want this plan to be implemented and for it to help bring events in the Middle East to a peaceful conclusion,” he added.
11.09 BST
Hamas: Trump's plan ‘completely biased to Israel’
A source close to Hamas told Reuters the plan was “completely biased to Israel” and imposed “impossible conditions” that aimed to eliminate the group. The Palestinian official, who asked not to be named, said:
What Trump has proposed is the full adoption of all Israeli conditions, which do not grant the Palestinian people or the residents of the Gaza Strip any legitimate rights.
It was unclear how Hamas would word its response, as an absolute rejection may put it in collision with a group of Arab and Muslim countries which welcomed the plan.
An AFP source close to Hamas said that it “could take several days” to review Trump’s proposal for ending the war. They said:
Hamas has begun a series of consultations within its political and military leaderships, both inside Palestine and abroad.
The discussions could take several days due to the complexities of communication among leadership members and movements, especially after the Israeli aggression in Doha.
11.18 BST
Despite Trump’s known opposition to a Palestinian state, UK cabinet minister Wes Streeting believes the President’s plan for Gaza could help overcome opposition to a two-state solution.
The health secretary told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning:
We have seen statements, words from leading Israeli government figures, which are borne out through action, which I think point to a future which is about expulsion of Palestinians from their land in Gaza.
That’s tantamount to ethnic cleansing.
We’ve heard from the Israelis unequivocally that they do not believe in a two-state solution, and they would deny to their neighbours the right to statehood that they rightly ask for themselves and expect for themselves.
And what I think the peace plan that President Trump is putting forward could do is break through that impasse, to break through that resistance to a two-state solution, which we believe is still the only solution for Israelis and for Palestinians, the only way to guarantee security that the Israelis deserve and demand and also the bright future for Palestine that they rightly deserve.
Trump gives Hamas ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza plan
Donald Trump has said Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his Gaza plan or face the consequences.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump said Israeli and Arab leaders had accepted the proposal and “we’re just waiting for Hamas”.
Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end.
Asked if there was room for negotiations, Trump replied: “Not much.”
Donald Trump: ‘Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end.’ Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
15.00 BST
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has posted on X today, welcoming Trump’s plan for Gaza:
We welcome President Donald J. Trump’s announcement of a comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflict.
It provides a viable pathway to long term and sustainable peace, security and development for the Palestinian and Israeli people, as also for the larger West Asian region. We hope that all concerned will come together behind President Trump’s initiative and support this effort to end conflict and secure peace.
14.56 BST
Starmer welcomes Donald Trump's peace proposal in Gaza
Andrew Sparrow
Giving the keynote speech at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, UK prime minster Keir Starmer said he welcomes the “US initiative to bring peace” to the Middle East:
I strongly support efforts to end the fighting, release every hostage and urgently scale up aid into Gaza.
All sides must now come together to bring this initiative into reality, because we must restart the hope of a two-state solution, a safe and secure Israel alongside the long promised Palestinian state, a state that this country now recognises.
Keir Starmer: ‘All sides must now come together to bring this initiative into reality, because we must restart the hope of a two-state solution.’ Photograph: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock
Trump gives Hamas ‘three or four days’ to respond to Gaza plan
Donald Trump has said Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his Gaza plan or face the consequences.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House on Tuesday, Trump said Israeli and Arab leaders had accepted the proposal and “we’re just waiting for Hamas”.
Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end.
Asked if there was room for negotiations, Trump replied: “Not much.”
Donald Trump: ‘Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end.’ Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
15.00 BST
Jason Burke
Hamas has said it will review the outline of the Gaza peace plan presented by Donald Trump in Washington yesterday, as leaders across the Middle East and elsewhere voiced support for the proposal, which comes after almost two years of relentless violence.
In Israel, media and politicians broadly welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement, made at a joint press conference with Trump, that he supported the 20-point plan, which meets many of Israel’s principal demands.
Hamas officials said they would discuss the proposal internally and with other Palestinian factions before responding.
A Hamas source told AFP news agency that the group had “begun a series of consultations within its political and military leaderships, both inside Palestine and abroad”, which would “take several days due to the complexities of communication among leadership members and movements”.
The 20-point plan calls for the disarmament of Hamas and bans it from any future political role in Gaza. It requires the militant Islamist organisation to release the 48 Israeli hostages it still holds – of whom fewer than half are thought still to be alive – within 72 hours of a ceasefire coming into effect, but offers the gradual withdrawal of Israeli military forces to a buffer zone along the perimeter and a surge in humanitarian aid, desperately needed by the 2.3 million inhabitants of the devastated territory.
It also requires Israel to release more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including many serving life sentences.
13.49 BST
Some pictures coming out of Gaza today:
Palestinians wait in long lines to receive hot meals distributed by a charity organisation at the Nuseirat area. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Leaflets, prepared by Israeli forces to warn civilians in Gaza City to move to the southern part of the Gaza Strip, are dropped from the air as part of Israel's ground operation in Gaza. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation as displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate. Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters
14.52 BST
Sam Jones
Spain’s leftwing labour minister and deputy prime minister, Yolanda Díaz, has blasted Trump’s plan in a video posted on Bluesky.
“Trump and Netanyahu’s plan for Palestine isn’t a peace plan; it’s an imposition. It’s an ultimatum, dressed up as an agreement, which comes without any guarantees and without any timeframe for a Palestinian state,” she said.
“This plan has been put together without Palestine. It ignores its institutions and its people, and it proposes turning Gaza into a protectorate overseen by the US and with Israel setting the pace.”
In marked contrast to Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez – who has welcomed the plan (see post 09.00), saying the time has come “to put an end to so much suffering” – Díaz said that supporting the plan was “to continue perpetuating the illegal occupation and the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
Díaz, the founder of the Sumar alliance that is the junior partner in Sánchez’s socialist-led coalition government, has been an outspoken critic of Israel’s Gaza offensive and has accused it of carrying out genocide.
Last month, Israel said that Díaz would be denied entry to the country in retaliation for what its foreign ministry has termed her “anti-Israel and antisemitic vision”.
13.20 BST
Patrick Wintour
In a little noticed part of the 20-point Trump peace plan, the Palestinian Authority (PA) will only be considered to have reformed itself and be eligible to run what has been described as ‘New Gaza’ if it drops all involvement in the legal cases being taken against the US or Israel at the international court of justice (ICJ) and the international criminal court (ICC).
The ICJ is still examining whether Israel has or is committing a genocide in Gaza, as well as whether Israel has breached the UN’s immunities by throwing the UN Palestinians right agency Unrwa out of Gaza.
The ICC has issued an arrest warrant for the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The requirement that the PA drop all legal actions against the US and Israel in all tribunals is only mentioned in the plan when the document says the PA will only be able to take over the administration of Gaza from technocrats when it has “completed its reform programme, as outlined in various proposals, including president Trump’s peace plan in 2020”.
The 2020 peace plan stated it was a requirement that the PA take no action, and shall dismiss all pending actions, against the state of Israel, the United States (US) and any of their citizens before the international criminal court the international court of justice and all other tribunals.
It also required the PA to take no action against any Israeli or US citizen before Interpol or any non-Israeli or US – as applicable – legal system.
13.28 BST
Gaza death toll rises to 66,097
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said on Telegram that the death toll from Israel’s military campaign has risen to 66,097 deaths and 168,536 injuries since 7 October 2023.
It said 42 deaths and 190 injuries were recorded in the past 24 hours, though victims remain under rubble and in streets that emergency crews have been unable to reach.
The ministry also reported that since March 2025 there have been more than 13,000 deaths and over 56,000 injuries, while hundreds have died from famine and malnutrition.
Victims in Gaza remain under rubble and in streets that emergency crews have been unable to reach. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
12.44 BST
Mustafa Barghouti, the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, has said there is “nothing that would guarantee peace” in Trump’s plan for Gaza.
This plan is totally biased to the Israeli side. They call it a peace plan, but there is nothing that would guarantee peace, because it doesn’t talk about ending the occupation. The main cause of the problems we have is the system of apartheid and oppression of the Palestinian people.
There is no guarantee that once Israel gets back it’s captives that Netanyahu will not reactivate the war. There is no clear plan of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Share
