U.S. Unveils 20-Point Gaza Plan, Warns Hamas

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a US-backed 20-point Gaza peace plan at the White House that conditions an immediate ceasefire on Hamas’s acceptance and calls for hostage returns, Hamas disarmament, and a phased Israeli withdrawal. The plan proposes a transitional international “Board of Peace” to govern Gaza during reconstruction and ties reconstruction and eased aid to Hamas giving up arms and any role in governance, while offering amnesty and safe passage to militants who renounce violence. It envisions Arab and Muslim states assisting to demilitarize and decommission Hamas’s capabilities and sets out specifics on hostage swaps, prisoner releases, aid corridors and staged security arrangements. Trump and Netanyahu framed the proposal as a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum, warning that if Hamas rejects it Israel would have full U.S. backing to continue military operations, a course Netanyahu said could be done “the easy way or the hard way.” Qatari and Egyptian mediators have delivered the text to Hamas, but reports of the group's response are mixed, and the White House has published the full 20-point text as the basis for negotiations or renewed military action if it is rebuffed.