Netanyahu Rejects Gaza 15-Point Plan Until Hamas Disarms
The Israeli prime minister told his cabinet Sunday that the IDF will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip until Hamas is "truly disarmed."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would reject the 15-point peace proposal for Gaza put forward by President Donald Trump's Board of Peace.
"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. "The IDF will not make any withdrawal until Hamas is truly disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces and citizens."
The rejection puts the Israeli government at odds with the framework advanced by the body Trump created to oversee the next phase of the war's end. Trump had previously announced an agreement under which Hamas would disarm and the Israel Defense Forces would withdraw from the Gaza Strip, as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire signed last year.
Netanyahu did not say which of the document's provisions Israel objects to, and he did not set out conditions that would satisfy the disarmament requirement or describe what verification Israel would accept. He also did not indicate whether Israeli officials would continue to take part in talks over the proposal.
There was no immediate response from the Board of Peace, the White House or Hamas to Netanyahu's remarks.
The comments underscore how the sequencing of the ceasefire — whether Hamas disarms before or alongside an Israeli military withdrawal — remains the central unresolved question in the U.S.-brokered process.
Reporting by ABC News' Jordana Miller.
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