13/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING | ISRAEL REJECTS U.S.-BACKED GAZA PEACE PLAN
📅 August 13, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a U.S.-backed 15-point proposal aimed at ending the war in Gaza, saying Israel will not accept an agreement that allows Hamas to retain its military capabilities.
According to reports published this week, Netanyahu’s position is that Hamas must be completely disarmed and Gaza fully demilitarized before Israel can withdraw its forces. Israel has also expressed reservations about the proposed sequence linking Hamas disarmament with a phased Israeli military withdrawal.
The disagreement has exposed a major obstacle in the peace negotiations:
🇮🇱 Israel’s position: Hamas must genuinely surrender its weapons and lose its ability to operate as a military force before a full Israeli withdrawal.
🇵🇸 The Palestinian side’s priorities: an end to Israeli military operations, withdrawal of Israeli forces, increased humanitarian assistance, reconstruction and a future governing arrangement for Gaza.
🇺🇸 The U.S. position: Washington has been pushing a framework intended to combine Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawal and a transition toward a new civilian administration in Gaza.
The issue is particularly complicated because both sides disagree over which step should come first — Hamas disarmament or Israeli withdrawal. Earlier proposals had attempted to link the two processes in phases, with international monitoring and a future Palestinian administration.
⚠️ VERIFICATION: The core claim is accurate as of August 13, 2026. Netanyahu has publicly rejected the U.S.-backed plan and maintained that Israel will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is fully disarmed. However, the proposal remains part of an ongoing diplomatic process, and a final peace agreement has not been reached.
For millions of Palestinians and Israelis, the stakes remain extremely high. The unresolved questions of Hamas’s future, Israeli military withdrawal, Gaza’s governance, security guarantees, humanitarian access and reconstruction could determine whether the latest diplomatic effort succeeds or collapses.
🌍 The coming days could therefore be critical for Gaza and for the wider Middle East.