ROME (Reuters) -Italy's navy will stop following the international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza once it gets within 150 nautical miles (278 km) of the shore, the Italian defence ministry said on Tuesday.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, consisting of more than 40 civilian boats carrying parliamentarians, lawyers and activists including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, aims to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian enclave.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Andrew MacAskill and Kate Holton

CAIRO/LONDON (Reuters) -When Tony Blair was first tasked with forging a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians in 2007, the White House cautioned that the former British prime minister was not "superman" and "he doesn't have a cape".

After failing to achieve much of note in that role, Blair is preparing once again to tackle one of the world's most intractable conflicts after agreeing to serve on a committee led by U.S. President Donald Trump to run Gaza.

By Angelo Amante

ROME (Reuters) -Around 15% of Italians consider physical attacks on Jewish people "entirely or fairly justifiable", according to a survey published on Tuesday, as protests against Israel's offensive in Gaza continue across the country.

Some 18% of those interviewed also believe antisemitic graffiti on walls and other public spaces is legitimate, according to the survey, conducted on September 24-26 by the pollster SWG among a national sample of 800 adults.

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave Hamas an ultimatum of "three or four days" to accept his plan to end the war in Gaza "for their own good" or face severe consequences.

Trump's plan, backed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for a ceasefire, the release of hostages by Hamas within 72 hours, a disarmament of the Palestinian militants and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

That would be followed by a post-war transitional authority headed by Trump himself.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Hamas militants have about three or four days to respond to his Gaza peace plan proposal or face the consequences.

Trump told reporters as he departed the White House that Israeli and Arab leaders had accepted the plan and "we're just waiting for Hamas".

He said Hamas has about "three or four days" to respond.

"Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it's not, it's going to be a very sad end," he said.

By Ali Sawafta

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan outlines a blueprint for Palestinian statehood, but in the West Bank - where this vision would be realised - the economic prospects for a viable state are being strangled.

Transport corridors used by business have been fragmented by a network of Israeli settlements, employees of Palestinian institutions have not been paid as Israel blocks transfers of tax revenues, and the vital pillar of remittances from workers heading to Israel has all but dried up since the Gaza war began.

(Reuters) -Below is the text of a peace plan released by the White House on Monday to end Israel's war in Gaza:

President Donald J. Trump's Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict

BRUSSELS/ANKARA/BERLIN (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end nearly two years of war in Gaza has received the backing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while the plan has been shared with Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Here are some reactions to the peace plan.

ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU"I support your plan to end the war in Gaza, which achieves our war aims.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it hoped that U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan was implemented and would spur peace in the Middle East.

Trump secured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's backing on Monday for a U.S.-sponsored peace proposal to end a nearly two-year-old war in Gaza, but questions loomed over whether Hamas would accept the plan.

(Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Felix LightEditing by Andrew Osborn)

By Andrew Mills and Nidal al-Mughrabi

DUBAI/CAIRO (Reuters) -A U.S.-sponsored ceasefire proposal for Gaza on Tuesday was hinging on Hamas's response to the 20-point plan which President Donald Trump has said was "beyond very close" to ending the two-year-old conflict in the enclave.

Mediators Qatar and Egypt shared the document with Hamas late on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood alongside Trump at the White House and pledged his support for the proposal because he said it met Israel's war aims.