President Donald Trump is being torched online after being openly defied by Israeli leadership in his call Friday for the Middle Eastern nation to “immediately stop the bombing of Gaza,” with 20 Gazans killed in Israeli strikes over the past 12 hours according to CNN.
“Mr. Trump, it has been one hour since you order Netanyahu to stop bombing Gaza and he didn’t listen to you,” wrote X user “The Palestinian,” who describes themselves as a Palestinian living in Gaza and has amassed nearly 120,000 followers. “Do [you’re] job with him!”
In a Friday social media post, Trump demanded that Israel halt its siege on Gaza based on Hamas’ response to the White House’s proposed peace plan, unveiled on Tuesday alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from the Oval Office. While the plan saw some last-minute changes at the behest of Netanyahu, changes that reportedly infuriated Arab officials, it was received favorably by Hamas, with some caveats.
However, Israeli strikes on Gaza persisted well into Saturday morning according to major news outlets, strikes that critics online argued were in open defiance of Trump’s demands.
“The most intense bombardment of the last two [weeks] is happening right now in direct defiance of what you just posted,” wrote X user “Assaf,” whose profile says they’re Palestinian and has amassed nearly 19,000 followers.
Others pointed to the leverage Trump has in being able to pressure Israel to halt its bombardment, such as X user “Empire of Lies,” who frequently shares content critical of the Trump administration and has amassed nearly 48,000 followers.
“Trump could immediately end the bombing of Gaza with one phone call to Netanyahu,” they wrote. “Trump has enormous leverage. The only question is? Will he use it.”
Netanyahu was reportedly "surprised" by Trump’s demand for Israel to halt its strikes, according to an Israeli official who spoke with Axios reporter Barak Ravid on Friday, and viewed Hamas’ response as an outright rejection of Trump’s proposed peace plan.
Trump issued an apocalyptic threat to Hamas earlier on Friday before his call for Israel to halt its strikes in which he set a Sunday deadline for the organization to either accept the peace plan, or face “hell like no one has ever seen.”
The most intense bombardment of the last two week is happening right now in direct defiance of what you just posted.
— Assaf (@_assaf_ps) October 3, 2025