GAZA(National Times)- Israel has conveyed concerns to the United States on a Gaza plan hailed by President Donald Trump after Hamas said it had agreed on disarmament, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIsrael has conveyed its comments and concerns on the proposed framework to our American counterparts. The version that has been made public does not reflect Israel\u2019s positions,\u201d Doron Spielman, spokesman for the prime minister\u2019s office, told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He alleged that Israeli intelligence had found that Hamas had been rearming and recruiting forces since a ceasefire announced by Trump in October, which has reduced the level of violence although Israel has kept up strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hamas announced on Friday that it had agreed to the next stage of a deal that includes handing over weapons to a nascent Palestinian governing committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump called the move a \u201cmajor milestone\u201d in efforts to end the devastating war and told reporters that Israel was \u201cvery happy\u201d about the developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Netanyahu\u2019s spokesman said that Hamas\u2019s actions showed it was preparing for \u201cfurther October 7-style massacres\u201d and noted that the plan released by Trump\u2019s Board of Peace called for Gaza to be \u201ca deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat vision stands in direct contrast to the current reality and to Hamas\u2019s stated intentions. The indispensable first step toward any lasting arrangement is the genuine, verifiable and irreversible demilitarisation of Hamas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnything short of full demilitarisation will leave Hamas with the capability to threaten Israel again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, earlier said that Israel, which still controls most of the Gaza Strip, would not withdraw forces under the plan without verifying disarmament by Hamas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel kept up strikes after the Hamas announcement, with Palestinian authorities on Sunday reporting that Israeli attacks killed at least 13 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first 1,000 days of Israel\u2019s attacks on Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, over 73,000 Palestinians had been killed, according to Palestinian authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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