White House: Hamas must accept US plan or face consequences

White House Press Secretary Karoline Claire Leavitt on Friday said that Hamas must accept US President Donald Trump's Gaza plan or face consequences. 

"President Trump made it clear to Hamas that it must accept the plan presented to it," Leavitt said. 

"Hamas has a chance to accept the plan and move toward peace, or the consequences will be tragic," she added. 

Hamas political bureau member Mohammed Nazzal on Thursday had said the group wants to respond “in a way that serves the interests” of the Palestinian people.

“We are not dealing [with the plan] under the logic that time is a sword pointed at our neck,” Nazza said, signalling that the group was still deliberating. 

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday said the 20-point plan unveiled by Trump does not match the draft prepared by Muslim-majority states. Addressing parliament, Dar said alterations had been made to the original proposal.