Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a new 15-point peace plan proposed by President Trump, insisting that Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza. The disagreement highlights ongoing tensions regarding the sequencing of disarmament and troop withdrawals.
Why it matters
The impasse underscores the extreme difficulty of achieving a lasting resolution to the Israel-Hamas conflict, even with high-level international mediation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected President Trump's 15-point peace plan for Gaza, saying Israeli forces will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely disarmed."
"We are talking about genuine disarmament, not fictitious disarmament," he said at a meeting with government ministers Sunday.
Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump announced that his Board of Peace had reached a deal with the Palestinian militant group to completely give up its weapons.
"Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY," Trump wrote on social media in late July.
Under Trump's proposed peace deal, Board of Peace officials said Hamas and other militant groups would hand their arms over to a vetted international policing force.
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