President Trump formally signed his Gaza peace plan flanked by multiple world leaders, following the release of 20 Israeli hostages by Hamas, declaring the agreement took '3,000 years to get to this point.' A formal peace arrangement brokered over Israel — involving the nations of the world — sits at the heart of end-times prophecy, which warns of a coming covenant that will temporarily appear to resolve the ancient conflict. The prophet Daniel describes a future world leader confirming a covenant with Israel for a period of seven years, a landmark event that Scripture marks as the beginning of the final countdown (Daniel 9:27).