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US President Donald Trump has issued a deadline to the Hamas organization, demanding them to agree to a proposed settlement for the Gaza region otherwise confront extreme consequences.

Through a post on his Truth Social channel on Friday, the President announced that an understanding must be finalized by 6 PM EST (22:00 GMT) on Sunday.

The outlined proposal calls for an prompt cessation to conflict and the freeing within a short period of twenty surviving Israel detainees kept by Hamas—as well as the remains of hostages thought to be no longer alive—for hundreds of arrested residents.

Regional mediators are believed to be pressing the organization for a favorable answer to the proposal, but a high-ranking group figure has indicated that the armed faction is probable to refuse it.

"Should this FINAL deal is not reached, severe retaliation, similar to no one has ever experienced, will erupt against the group. WE WILL ENSURE CALM IN THE MIDDLE EAST BY ANY MEANS," the President wrote in the online post.

Mediators have been in touch with the chief of the group's combat unit in Gaza, who has indicated that he disagrees to the recent US truce proposal, based on sources.

Sources indicate that some of the group's leadership in the Gulf state are willing to endorsing the agreement with changes—however have discovered their leverage limited as they lack authority over the detainees held by the faction.

Another hurdle for certain in Hamas is that the plan necessitates them to release all the captives over the first 72 hours of the halt—relinquishing their only leverage point.

It is estimated to be forty-eight detainees still being kept in the Palestinian region by the militant faction, merely 20 of whom are believed to be surviving.

The Israeli military initiated a offensive in Gaza in reaction to the Hamas-initiated offensive on the region on October 7, 2023, in which about twelve hundred civilians were lost their lives and hundreds additional individuals were captured.

At least 66,288 residents have been fatally injured in Israel's attacks in the territory following the start, based on data from the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.