Netanyahu says no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed
Netanyahu said Israel will keep forces in Gaza until Hamas disarms, as the U.S.-backed deal calls for a halt to strikes and a withdrawal.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a deal announced by President Donald Trump, insisting Hamas must completely disarm before Israel withdraws from Gaza.
- Last week, President Donald Trump announced an agreement requiring Israel to halt military operations and withdraw from roughly 60 per cent of Gaza, though Israel cited serious security concerns.
- Palestinians gathered Tuesday for a mass funeral for 112 victims, including 40 children, recovered from a 2023 strike; first responders continue digging, though 157 bodies remain missing.
- The conflict has killed more than 73,377 Palestinians, with at least 1,252 dead since the ceasefire began, while both sides accuse each other of violating the truce.
- Despite prior agreements, Hamas holds its weapons; postwar transition official Nikolay Mladenov met with Netanyahu on Monday to discuss the disarmament impasse.
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Hopes for an end to the Gaza War have suffered a major setback. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made it clear that the Israeli army will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas completely surrenders its weapons. This statement has also cast doubt on the US-backed ceasefire proposal and plunged peace talks into uncertainty.
Netanyahu reaffirmed that Israel will only withdraw troops from Gaza after the total disarmament of Hamas, contrary to expectations of an immediate withdrawal foreseen in the US-mediated negotiations.
Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza withdrawal plan, insists Hamas must disarm first
The remarks signal growing differences between Israel and the Trump administration over how to implement the ceasefire framework and underscore the challenges facing efforts to bring the nearly three-year conflict to a lasting end.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said tonight that Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current lines in the Gaza Strip until the Palestinian movement Hamas is completely disarmed.
In his first public reaction to the agreement announced last week by Donald Trump, the Israeli Prime Minister assured that the country will not withdraw its forces from the current positions in the Gaza Strip until the Islamist Hamas group is fully disarmed
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