Trump’s “20 Points Plan” brings Hamas a compulsory “hope for a ceasefire.”
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a ultimate ultimatum to Hamas on October 3, 2025, asking it to respond before 18:00 AM on October 5, otherwise it would face serious consequences.
Trump tweeted: “If Hamas does not agree to a ceasefire and accept the ‘20 points plan’, it will suffer ‘the catastrophe of hell.’”
Trump's "20-point plan" requires Hamas to release all detained Israeli personnel within 72 hours and hand over the management of Gaza under international supervision. The plan also includes Hamas's participation in the demilitarization process of Gaza and demands Hamas completely renounce its arms and stop participating in the governance of Gaza.
Hamas said in a statement on the evening of October 3:"It is willing to negotiate within the framework of the '20-Point Plan'. Hamas agreed to release all Israeli hostages and transfer the management of Gaza, but clearly stated that this action must be carried out after Israel withdraws troops."
"Other conditions in the plan, especially the demilitarization and complete disarmament of Gaza, still need to be discussed through further negotiations, and the current terms of the agreement are not fully in line with its core interests, especially with regard to Israel's military occupation."
After Hamas's statement, Trump called on Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza and allow international humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Trump said: "Only through a ceasefire agreement can we ensure the safe release of the detained Israeli hostages."
Trump's "20-point plan" requires Hamas to release all detainees in a short time, and requires Israel to withdraw from Gaza in phases after Hamas completes the exchange. It also proposes a temporary administration composed of Palestinian technocrats. The agency takes over Gaza and implements the demilitarization process.
However, while accepting certain provisions of the plan, Hamas still adheres to certain conditions and demands more guarantees from the international community on the specific timing of Israel’s withdrawal and future governance of the Gaza Strip.
More than 250,000 armed men were killed.The cost of the Gaza Strip has put it under tremendous military pressure, and the people's livelihood picture in the Gaza Strip is on the verge of collapse-infrastructure has been completely destroyed, humanitarian aid channels are intermittent, and people's demands for a ceasefire have become increasingly strong.
According to Hamas, “it agrees to transfer the control of Gaza to an independent Palestinian authority, but that authority must be obtained.” The Palestinian National Consensusand obtained Support from Arab and Islamic countries。”
At this time within Palestine, the Palestinian President by AbbasNational elections will be held in Gaza within a year of the ceasefire.
The general election plan proposed by Abbas may exclude the power of non-supporters of the "two-state solution" and cause confrontation between Hamas and Fatah.
Hamas said any political arrangement on the future of Palestine must ensure the participation of the Palestinian nation, not just the Fatah faction led by Abbas.
While the Abbas administration proposed to resolve the disagreement through elections, Hamas believes that this way could marginalize it in future Palestine.
Hamas demanded: "The future political framework of Palestine must reflect the interests of the Palestinian people as a whole, not just those of Israel and the United States."
In addition, Trump’s “20 Points Plan” also faces resistance from Israeli far-right forces, whilst the Israeli government appears to have agreed to the ceasefire agreement, but Israeli right-wing forces are strongly opposed to Hamas’ position of “not fully disarming.”
These far-right groups believe that Hamas would pose a threat to Israel’s security if it retains some military power, and the Israeli interior minister and his allies have made it clear that “any form of ceasefire must ensure that Hamas no longer threatens Israel’s security.”
Thus, despite Trump’s push for the ceasefire, Israeli right-wing forces still demand that Hamas completely disarm before the ceasefire, otherwise it won’t consider withdrawing from Gaza.
Netanyahu has always insisted: "There will be no Palestinian state in the world."
Trump originally included the two-state solution in the peace agreement, but the United States never dared to disobey Israel, so Trump still planted two big bombs: the United States acquiesced in Israel's continued annexation of the West Bank; Trump, like Netanyahu, insisted on not recognizing Palestinian statehood.
In the international community, the UN welcomed Hamas’ willingness to peace through negotiations and urged all parties to seize this opportunity to end the violent conflict in Gaza.
United Nations Secretary-General Guterres said through a spokesman that Hamas 'announcement of the release of hostages is encouraging and hopes that all parties can implement the agreement and promote a long-term ceasefire in Gaza.
At the same time, Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries also welcomed Trump's ceasefire plan. Qatar's Foreign Minister said in an interview: "Although Trump's proposal is worthy of recognition in some aspects, it still needs to ensure that Palestine's core interests are protected. Qatar will continue to promote dialogue between Palestine and Israel through diplomatic channels."
However, Trump's plan does not fully resolve the fundamental issues of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israel's military occupation, the return of Palestinian refugees and the status of Jerusalem are still not well handled.
While the ceasefire has given a line of hope to the Israeli conflict and the likelihood of a preliminary agreement between Hamas and Israel has increased, the credibility of Netanyahu’s administration is troubling.
Israel signed the Oslo Agreement in 1993, which was supposed to be peaceful at the time, Netanyahu incited Jewish fanatics, leading to the assassination of Israeli peace prime minister Rabin.
Netanyahu has always rejected Palestinian reconciliation, and now how credible is the "Gaza peace" that he has spoken about the removal of the armed forces?