Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza plan for Hamas to disarm, Israel to withdraw

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“Israel does not accept the 15-point document,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The U.S. president had touted the Board of Peace plan as a step toward a lasting settlement.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House last year. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a U.S.-backed plan Sunday for Hamas to lay down its weapons in Gaza in exchange for an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the territory — a proposal President Donald Trump recently touted as a breakthrough toward ending the conflict there.