Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Netanyahu rejects Trump's 15-point Gaza plan, demands full Hamas disarmament
There has been a long war between Israel and a group called Hamas in a place called Gaza.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, made a plan with 15 parts to try to end the fighting.
The plan says Hamas should give up its weapons while Israeli soldiers slowly leave Gaza.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's leader, says Israel does not accept the plan.
He says Israeli soldiers will only leave after Hamas gives up all of its weapons.
Hamas says it already agreed to the plan and expects the United States to make sure Israel follows it too.
For now, Israel has stopped most of its attacks in Gaza but says it will still act if it sees danger.
The plan would also bring in helpers from other countries to keep the peace and let more food and supplies into Gaza.
Many people have been hurt in the fighting, and leaders are still talking about how to make peace.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Donald Trump's 15-point Gaza roadmap at a cabinet meeting on Sunday, saying Israel will not withdraw until Hamas is genuinely disarmed of all weaponry.
Israel has effectively halted attacks in Gaza since Monday and agreed it would no longer carry out targeted assassinations, acting only against what it perceives as immediate threats.
Senior Hamas official Basem Naim said the group remains committed to the roadmap agreed in Cairo 10 days ago and expects the U.S. guarantor to press Netanyahu to adhere to it.
The plan provides for a temporary Palestinian committee of technocrats, an International Stabilization Force, and an Israeli withdrawal sector by sector as disarmament progresses.
Gaza health officials say more than 1,250 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israeli attacks since the October 2025 ceasefire, and four Israeli soldiers have been killed.
- Who
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, senior Hamas official Basem Naim, and Nikolay Mladenov, the Gaza envoy for Trump's Board of Peace.
- What
- Netanyahu rejected the 15-point Gaza roadmap while Israel scaled back attacks; Israel and Hamas disagree over the sequencing of disarmament and withdrawal.
- When
- Netanyahu spoke on Sunday, August 9; the plan was proposed on July 30; the ceasefire dates to October 2025; Israeli elections are due on October 27.
- Where
- Jerusalem, Gaza, and Cairo, where Hamas agreed to the roadmap 10 days ago.
- Why
- Israel demands Hamas be fully disarmed before any withdrawal, while Hamas ties disarmament to Israeli withdrawal and an end to hostilities.
Israeli Government's Position
Hamas's Position
Disarmament and Withdrawal
Israeli Government's Position
Israel rejects the 15-point document and says it will not withdraw until Hamas is genuinely disarmed of heavy and light weaponry.
Hamas's Position
Hamas agreed to store weapons under a U.S.-backed Palestinian technocrat administration but says implementation depends on Israel fulfilling commitments including withdrawal and halting attacks; it views heavy-weapon surrender as a later stage.
Ceasefire and Attacks
Israeli Government's Position
Israel halted targeted assassinations under U.S. pressure and only acts against immediate threats; far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says the military cannot withdraw even a millimetre from Gaza.
Hamas's Position
Hamas says it accepted the plan to avoid a resumption of war and expects the U.S. guarantor to press Netanyahu not to obstruct the process for internal political and electoral reasons.
Palestinian Statehood
Israeli Government's Position
Netanyahu said there will be no Palestinian state as long as he is prime minister.
Hamas's Position
The Trump framework says a credible pathway toward Palestinian self-determination and statehood could emerge as Gaza redevelopment and Palestinian Authority reforms progress.
- Plan
- Trump's 15-point roadmap proposed by the U.S.-led Board of Peace on July 30
- Ceasefire
- U.S.-mediated ceasefire reached in October 2025
- Killed since ceasefire
- More than 1,250 people, most of them civilians, per Gaza health officials
- Israeli soldiers killed
- 4 since the ceasefire
- Israeli election
- Due on October 27
- Withdrawal
- Israel would withdraw sector by sector once weapons are taken from Hamas and rendered unusable, per envoy Nikolay Mladenov
- Gaza population
- More than 2 million, most confined to a strip under Hamas control in tents or damaged buildings
- Troop presence
- Israeli troops have occupied and depopulated two-thirds of the enclave
