Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point plan for Gaza, Netanyahu says

Is aeli P ime Mi iste Be jami Neta yahu has ejected US P eside t Do ald T ump’s 15-poi t pla fo Gaza, stati g that o milita y pull-out will happe u til Hamas is “ge ui ely” disa med.

T ump’s Boa d of Peace said last mo th it had eached a ag eeme t fo the “complete disa mame t” of Hamas a d othe a med g oups i Gaza.

But Hamas said ha di g ove its heavy weapo s was co ti ge t o Is ael e di g “all fo ms of agg essio ” a d withd awi g its fo ces f om Gaza.

Is ael has co ti ued to ca y out st ikes o Gaza si ce ag eei g to a i itial ceasefi e i the te ito y last Octobe .

“Is ael ejects the 15-poi t docume t,” Neta yahu said at a cabi et meeti g o Su day.

The Is aeli milita y “will ot ca y out a y withd awal u til Hamas is ge ui ely disa med a d will co ti ue to thwa t th eats agai st ou fo ces a d ou citize s”, he added.

T ump last mo th a ou ced “a mo ume tal step towa d lasti g peace a d secu ity” afte Hamas said it had accepted a disa mame t pla fo Gaza.

But Neta yahu said that Hamas had to disa m befo e Is ael withd ew its fo ces f om Gaza, addi g it could ‘t be some “fictitious disa mame t”.

He said he was ow i discussio with US officials about how to go fo wa d.

“They have ideas; some of them a e acceptable to us a d some a e ot, a d we k ow how to sta d ou g ou d o these matte s,” he said.

Just mo ths befo e Is aeli electio s, the Is aeli p ime mi iste is u likely to wa t to make co cessio s.

He has faced calls f om his fa – ight allies to hold a ew cabi et vote a d e d the Gaza pla , i cludi g Natio al Secu ity Mi iste Itama Be Gvi who dismissed the d aft as ” ot acceptable”.

It sig als a othe blow fo T ump’s Gaza peace pla which was a ou ced i Septembe last yea .

The pla i cluded the c eatio of the Boa d of Peace to ove see the ag eeme t’s impleme tatio , as well as the disa mame t of Hamas, withd awal of Is aeli t oops a d eco st uctio of Gaza.