A young Palestinian pours water from a plastic container over their head amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Aug. 5, 2026. (Credit: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters)
Israel has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace 15-point plan for Gaza, and will not withdraw until Hamas fully disarms, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
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 cease-fire.
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 Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the Gaza war, had agreed to lay down its weapons.
US must pressure Netanyahu to accept Gaza deal, says Hamas
The U.S. must pressure Israel to accept the next phase of the Gaza plan, a Hamas official told AFP on Sunday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he rejected the US-backed agreement.
"We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap and not obstruct the process for internal political and electoral reasons," Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP.
