Netanyahu rejects Trump's Gaza Peace Plan, demands Hamas disarm first

What the report says

NPR World reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected President Trump’s Gaza peace plan as described in recent remarks, saying Hamas must first disarm. The comments come a little more than a week after Trump said his proposed Board of Peace had reached what he called a "historic" agreement with Hamas for the group to give up its weapons.

The exchange highlights a continuing gap between U.S. diplomatic claims and Israel’s stated conditions for any deal involving Gaza. Based on the available reporting, Netanyahu’s position suggests that Israel does not see the proposal as workable unless Hamas takes an initial step that would reduce its military capacity. The snippet does not provide details on Hamas’s response or on whether negotiations have advanced since Trump’s announcement.

The issue matters because disarmament has long been one of the central obstacles in talks over Gaza’s future, alongside questions about governance, security and the release of hostages. In general, proposals labeled as peace plans in the Israel-Hamas conflict often face major hurdles over sequencing: who acts first, what guarantees exist, and how compliance would be enforced. NPR’s report places the latest disagreement in that broader context, with Netanyahu and Trump’s team appearing to differ on what a workable agreement requires.