Hamas accepts some elements of Trump’s Gaza plans but says others require further negotiations – live

<p>Group agrees to release all remaining Israeli hostages, dead or alive, but says further negotiations are required</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/02/hamas-likely-to-accept-trump-peace-plan-with-key-revisions-experts-say">Hamas could ask for revisions to Trump Gaza plan, sources and analysts say</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/trump-government-shutdown-republicans-democrats">US government shutdown day three: Republicans and Democrats make little progress on deal</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/03/trump-administration-shutdown-chicago">Trump administration freezes $2.1bn in funds for Chicago transit projects</a></p></li></ul><p>As the world waits for Hamas’s response to Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/29/trump-peace-plan-gaza-israel-hamas">peace plan for Gaza</a>, the US president has issued a new deadline for the militant group of <strong>6pm ET on Sunday</strong>.</p><p>Trump, who on Monday gave Hamas “three or four days” to respond to his ultimatum, said they were being given “one last chance”. He wrote on his Truth Social platform this morning:</p><p>Every Country has signed on! <strong>If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas</strong>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/oct/03/shutdown-congress-trump-senate-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a>