Overview
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that Israel rejects the Board of Peace’s 15-point document and will not withdraw IDF forces until Hamas is “genuinely disarmed.”
- Hamas and other Gaza factions have told mediators they are conditionally ready to begin the plan’s second phase but say disarmament depends on Israel halting strikes and pulling back to the ceasefire “yellow line.”
- President Donald Trump and his Board of Peace have presented the 15-point roadmap as a breakthrough in which Hamas would relinquish weapons while Israel would carry out a phased withdrawal tied to reconstruction funding.
- Mediators report continuing technical talks in Cairo, but key implementation gaps remain over verification rules, the makeup and pledges for an international stabilisation force, and vetting and funding of a new Palestinian governing committee.
- Netanyahu’s public rejection, driven in part by pressure from his right-wing coalition before October elections, raises the odds the roadmap will stall and delays badly needed humanitarian aid and tens of billions of dollars in reconstruction planning.