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Symbolic image: Netanyahu says Israel did not agree to US-backed Gaza planSymbolic image

Netanyahu says Israel did not agree to US-backed Gaza plan

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In a video posted on Tuesday night, Netanyahu said Israel never agreed to the US-backed draft on Hamas disarmament. He ruled out leaving Israeli positions in Gaza until Hamas is fully disarmed.

What happened

  • Netanyahu met the Board of Peace's top diplomat, Nickolay Mladenov, in Jerusalem on Monday, 3 August.
  • He received guarantees that the army would leave its current positions in Gaza only after Hamas disarms.
  • Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Settlement Minister Orit Strook requested a new vote on the plan on Tuesday.
  • The security cabinet, in which both sit, had already approved the proposal, including international peacekeeping troops in Gaza.
  • A cabinet session planned for Tuesday was pushed to Thursday, during Likud primaries before the 27 October election.

The view from outside

The National (UAE) notes the deal was negotiated over months between Hamas, the Board of Peace and mediator countries, with Israel not at the table.

Daily Sabah (Turkey) quotes Molad researcher Tal Elovits calling the ministers' demand a campaign move, and arguing Israel's isolation leaves it no way to discard the plan.

What could happen next

  • Open whether Thursday's security cabinet reopens the vote its members already passed.
  • Sequencing is contested: the plan foresees Israeli pullbacks as Hamas begins handing over weapons, not after full disarmament.
  • Strike levels are unclear: the New York Times reports ramped-up attacks, Israeli media report orders limiting fire to immediate threats.
  • Mladenov criticised the weekend strikes without naming Israel and called the phase slow, grinding and technical.
How the camps see it

  • Israel: Netanyahu says the draft is not Israel's, that comments were sent back, and that no troops move until Hamas is completely disarmed.

  • Hamas: Hamas fears losing influence in the talks and its purpose as an armed organisation if it hands over weapons without sufficient gains.

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