Israel rejects Trump’s Board of Peace 15-point plan for Gaza

Israel has rejected a 15-point Gaza peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

Trump announced last month that his plan to end the Gaza war had reached a breakthrough, with both Israel and Hamas agreeing to the initial phase that led to a ceasefire.

However, Hamas has called on the United States to put pressure on Israel to move ahead with the next stage of the plan.

“We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap and not obstruct the process for internal political and electoral reasons,” Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP.

Despite the ceasefire agreement reached last October, Israel has continued to carry out strikes in Gaza.

Trump has said Hamas, which governed Gaza for nearly two decades, had agreed to surrender its weapons as part of the peace process.

Netanyahu said that Tel Aviv will not pull its forces out of the territory until Hamas fully gives up its weapons.