Speaker 1: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected the latest
Speaker 1: draft agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace,
Speaker 1: declaring that Israeli forces will not withdraw from their current
Speaker 1: positions in the Gaza Strip until HAMAS is fully and
Speaker 1: completely disarmed. In a video statement released on social media,
Speaker 1: Nettunyahu acknowledged public friction with Washington over the road map,
Speaker 1: marking a rare open dispute between Jerusalem and the Trump
Speaker 1: administration regarding the post war framework. Nettunyahu emphasized that Israel
Speaker 1: did not approve the draft proposal negotiated between US representatives,
Speaker 1: regional mediators from Egypt, Katar, and Turkey, and HAMAS officials.
Speaker 1: While the Board of Peace framework outlined a phased process
Speaker 1: in which HAMAS would incrementally relinquish heavy and light weapons
Speaker 1: to a technocratic Palestinian committee alongside an Israeli military pullback,
Speaker 1: Netanyahu insisted that total demilitaryrization must precede any troop movements.
Speaker 1: He stated that Israel has submitted its own formal comments
Speaker 1: and will continue to take all necessary military actions to
Speaker 1: ensure its national security interests. The disagreement underscores a fundamental
Speaker 1: clash over sequencing and positioning on the ground. Israeli forces
Speaker 1: currently control over sixty percent of the Gaza strip, having
Speaker 1: expanded operational control beyond the initial yellow line established under
Speaker 1: the previous October ceasefire framework. Under the Board of Pieces
Speaker 1: proposed agreement, Israel was asked to pull back to those
Speaker 1: original lines as disarmament commenced under international monitoring. Netanyahu's refusal
Speaker 1: to move forces prior to total weapons surrender presents a
Speaker 1: major political hurdle for international envoys, who warn that altering
Speaker 1: the deal's terms in Jerusalem's favor risks jeopardizing the fragile
Speaker 1: concessions secured from Hamas negotiators. Despite the public pushback, Board
Speaker 1: of Peace diplomats, including Senior Envoy Nikolain Ladinov, have continued
Speaker 1: high level talks with Israeli security leadership in an effort
Speaker 1: to bridge the divide. US officials maintained that the disarmament
Speaker 1: proposal alignce with the administration's broad A twenty point plan
Speaker 1: for Gaza and that international verification mechanisms can address Israel's
Speaker 1: security concerns. However, with Netuyahoo holding firm on full disarmament
Speaker 1: as a mandatory, prerequisite for withdrawal. Negotiators face mounting pressure
Speaker 1: to refine verification timelines and enforcement guarantees before any phased
Speaker 1: deployment of international stabilization forces can move forward.