Overview
- On Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet Israel rejects the 15-point roadmap and will not withdraw troops unless Hamas is completely and verifiably disarmed.
- Hamas officials say they are willing to move to the plan’s second phase if Israel begins to apply the agreement and have urged the United States to pressure Netanyahu to comply.
- The plan, produced by President Trump’s Council of Peace, links progressive disarmament to phased Israeli withdrawal and would put weapons under a technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG).
- Implementation mechanisms are blocked: reports say Israel has refused NCAG entry into Gaza and mediators in Cairo have struggled to resolve sequencing and custody arrangements.
- Fighting in Gaza has continued at lower intensity with incidents such as injuries at Khan Younès hospital, and analysts warn the diplomatic rift with the United States could delay a transition and worsen humanitarian conditions.