Gaza peace plan
US State Department warns of Hamas attack plans
Updated 10/19/2025 – 12:46 a.mReading time: 2 minutes
The ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip is considered fragile. Now the US is warning of an “imminent” threat.
The US State Department warns of an “imminent” planned attack by the Islamist group Hamas on Palestinian civilians. The US informed the guarantor powers of the Gaza peace plan about “credible reports” that indicated a violation of the existing ceasefire, the ministry said. Such an attack would “constitute a direct and serious violation of the ceasefire agreement” and undermine progress in the peace process.
According to the statement, the guarantor powers call on Hamas “to fulfill its obligations under the ceasefire agreement.” It goes on to say: “If Hamas carries out this attack, measures will be taken to protect the people of Gaza and preserve the ceasefire.”
The United States and the other guarantor powers remain committed to ensuring the safety of civilians, maintaining local calm, and promoting peace and prosperity for the people of Gaza and the entire region.
After around two years of war in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on the first phase of the peace plan recently presented by US President Trump during indirect talks in the Egyptian coastal town of Sharm el-Sheikh a week ago.
Trump threatened the Islamist Hamas with death on Thursday if the terrorist organization continued to kill people in the Gaza Strip. In that case, “we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” the Republican wrote on Truth Social. When asked in the White House, he later made it clear that no US forces should enter the Gaza Strip. There are people “very close by” who would do that – this probably means Israel’s army. They could do it easily, but under US patronage, he emphasized.
Previously, reports of killings in the Gaza Strip by Hamas fighters caused international outrage.
The Gaza war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel’s history by terrorists from Hamas and other extremist Palestinian organizations. On October 7, 2023, around 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 abducted near the border with the Gaza Strip on the Israeli side. Israel responded with massive attacks from the air and on the ground. More than 67,000 people were killed, according to the Hamas-controlled health authority.
