Respond by Sunday, warns Trump as Hamas seeks time

President Donald Trump gave Palestinian Hamas group until Sunday evening to accept his proposal to end the nearly two-year-old war with US ally Israel in the Gaza Strip or "all HELL" would break out.

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demonstrators take part in a rally outside the Colosseum to condemn the Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in Rome, Italy, on Friday.

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The US leader set the deadline - which would fall at 1:00am Monday in Gazaafter an official for the movement told AFP earlier on Friday that the group still needed time to study the proposal to end nearly two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

"If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

Dozens of UN experts cautioned on Friday that key elements of Trump's peace plan for Gaza were inconsistent with international law and risked deepening oppression of Palestinians.

"Imposing an immediate peace at any price, regardless of or brazenly against law and justice, is a recipe for further injustice, future violence and instability," 35 United Nations independent experts said in a statement.