Gaza Talks Stall as Hamas Accepts Plan Netanyahu Rejects
Efforts to end the Gaza war stalled again, with Hamas reported to have accepted a revised disarmament framework that Benjamin Netanyahu rejected outright. After meeting Jared Kushner, who is pressing President Trump’s plan, Mr Netanyahu insisted Israeli forces would remain in Gaza until Hamas fully disarmed. Israeli strikes continued, and a far-right minister drew condemnation for urging nightly “targeted assassinations”.
The pattern is by now familiar and corrosive: an American-brokered framework that Hamas signals it can accept and Israel will not, each rejection deepening the mutual conviction that the other side does not want peace. Washington’s willingness to deal directly with Hamas’s leadership through Mr Kushner underscores its determination to keep the plan alive, but with Mr Netanyahu bound to hardliners in his coalition — among them a minister openly calling for assassinations — the Israeli veto looks immovable. The proposed shift from a phased handover to wholesale disarmament raised the bar just as the talks needed lowering. Every stalled round is measured in lives in Gaza. Watch whether Mr Trump applies real pressure or lets the deadlock stand.