Israel’s response to Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Silence from Netanyahu and a weekend of deadly strikes
More than three days after US President Donald Trump unveiled an agreement to disarm Hamas as the next phase of his Gaza peace plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has still not said publicly whether he accepts it.” The statement reiterated Israel’s refusal to pull troops back to the original demarcation line defined by the October 2025 ceasefire agreement, which the Israeli military has since pushed farther into Gaza.
While Trump, the mediators and other Arab countries had initially celebrated what they billed as a significant breakthrough, Netanyahu’s position was relayed through unnamed “Israeli officials,” foreign spokesmen and political allies, who insisted Israel had not signed on to the deal, and did not intend to withdraw from Gaza before Hamas is fully disarmed.
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