Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the US-backed 15-point Gaza plan for peace. He said there would be no IDF pullback until Hamas was
‘genuinely’ disarmed. Trump announced last month that there had been a breakthrough in his plan to end the war, which both Israel and Hamas agreed to last year and which started with the ceasefire. Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Gaza since agreeing to the ceasefire last October. Trump said that Hamas, which ruled Gaza for nearly two decades before carrying out the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, had agreed to lay down its weapons. Netanyahu rejected the Trump-backed 15-point plan for Gaza in a Cabinet meeting, claiming that Hamas still retains the ability to mount an assault on Israel. “It may attack, but why have long weeks gone by without it attacking us? Because it knows what a powerful blow we will inflict on it if it does,” said Netanyahu. Hamas, said on Saturday, that it had officially communicated to the U.S.-led Board of Peace that it is ready to proceed with a U.S.-backed, phased disarmament and governance roadmap, provided that Israel halts its offensive operations and approves the same terms. The layout of the newly accepted framework, which is part of the broader peace plan introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump, marks the first time Hamas has formally committed to an actionable timeline to put down its weapons. The plan, which Hamas recently endorsed and expressed readiness to implement, is a framework to conclude the conflict. Notable elements of the framework include calls for a multi-stage pullout of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip, disarmament of Hamas operatives, handing them over to an international body or a nascent Palestinian governing committee, setting up an oversight body to supervise the transition and reconstruction and the exclusion of Hamas from power
