Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza roadmap and refuses to suspend strikes
Israel has rejected a Gaza roadmap proposed by the US-backed Board of Peace, refusing to suspend military strikes against militant groups. The decision has caused internal friction within the Israeli government regarding the potential deployment of an international stabilization force.
Why it matters
The rejection of the peace plan signals a continued escalation in the conflict and complicates international efforts to stabilize the region.
Israel will not withdraw from its current line in the Gaza Strip and will continue acting against militant threats, a senior diplomatic source said on Monday, throwing into doubt the roadmap published on Friday by US president Donald Trump ’s Board of Peace (BoP) for Gaza.
The statement came after the BoP high representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, at talks in Jerusalem on Monday, asked prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to suspend Israeli military strikes and targeted killings for 14 days while the sides worked out the plan’s remaining details.
The latest setback follows Friday’s dramatic announcement that an agreement had been reached on a gradual process to disarm Hamas and other militant groups and secure a full Israel Defence Forces withdrawal from Gaza.
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