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Israeli prime minister says he will not support 15-point plan hailed by Donald Trump Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Gaza plan hailed by US president Donald Trump, vowing no military pullout of Gaza until Hamas is “genuinely” disarmed. The Israeli military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces and our citizens,” Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting. Here are the other key updates from today: The US must pressure Israel to accept the next phase of the Gaza plan, a Hamas official said, after Netanyahu rejected the US-backed agreement. “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 said. A Houthi drone salvo targeted a Saudi oil refinery on the Red Sea coast. The Iran-backed group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree said the Houthis had “succeeded in targeting the Aramco refinery in Jazan on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast with a drone”. Attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen killed at least four troops from the internationally-recognised government forces and injured 20 more personnel, two military sources said. The initial toll came from strikes on the Yemeni city of Mokha and surrounding areas, as well as Khokha, south of the port city of Hodeida, the sources said on condition of anonymity, after the Houthis announced they had targeted military forces and equipment on the Red Sea coast. Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian met the country’s supreme ⁠leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president’s third year in office in late July, state ⁠media said, ⁠and ​a paramilitary leader promised footage of Khamenei in the future. Khamenei was reportedly seriously injured in the ​February strike that killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The promise to release footage of the leader by paramilitary Basij ⁠Organisation deputy Qasem Qoraishi appeared to be aimed ​at quashing speculation about his health. Continue reading...

Netanyahu's comments come just over a week after President Trump said his Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement with Hamas to give up its weapons.

Here's a look at developments across the Middle East.

President Trump’s Board of Peace announced an agreement last month that aimed at Hamas giving up its weapons alongside an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti says Netanyahu's rejection of the US-backed Gaza plan is no surprise.

The Israeli leader ruled out a phased troop withdrawal as Hamas disarms, casting fresh doubt over Gaza’s ceasefire and recovery.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-led Gaza plan endorsed by Hamas, putting distance between himself and President Donald Trump as he tries to shore up his base ahead of close elections. After more than a week of gradually escalating criticism of the plan, and despite receiving assurances that Israel would not need to start withdrawing in Gaza immediately, Netanyahu explicitly opposed the deal following pushback from his right-wing allies. “Israel rejects the...

President Trump hailed the peace plan​ as a "historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other groups in Gaza."

Israel's PM says its military will not pull out from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed.

Speaking at a cabinet meeting, PM says IDF 'will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed' • Netanyahu: Iran knows Israel will deal 'powerful blow' if it strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected President Trump’s plans to disarm Hamas and establish a Palestinian government in Gaza.  “I have heard people saying: ‘You didn’t say it.’ So here I am saying it again: Israel does not accept the 15-point document,” Netanyahu said during a Cabinet meeting Sunday, adding that the Israeli…

Netanyahu is caught between far-right ministers angered by concessions in Gaza and Trump, who wants progress toward ending the conflict.

"As long as I am prime minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting.

Israel has turned down a US proposal regarding the peace process in Gaza, with Prime Minister Netanyahu firmly asserting that Hamas must be completely disarmed before any Israeli forces withdraw. He mentioned that discussions are ongoing with Washington. Conversely, Hamas demands a complete Israeli troop withdrawal as a prerequisite for negotiation, reflecting significant barriers to advancing beyond the current ceasefire.

Israel will not accept the 15-point plan for Gaza set out by President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday.

The missing element is Israel.

Israel has continued military operations in Gaza despite a US-backed ceasefire roadmap and has rejected an IDF withdrawal Read Full Article at RT.com