Israeli leaders say they will not accept a Gaza arrangement that again allows Hamas to survive as an armed threat.
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The Board of Peace says implementation has entered the “hard phase,” but Israel insists there will be no real reconstruction, withdrawal or postwar order until Hamas is fully disarmed.
The Israeli military destroyed five weapons depots belonging to the Palestinian terrorist group across the Strip.
The pact, which the terror group has yet to confirm, “is a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government,” the US president and Board of Peace chair said.
Direct talks on Gaza’s future involving only Jared Kushner and Mohammed Dahlan have reportedly achieved a breakthrough, leaving Jerusalem to decide whether their initiative meets Israeli security requirements.
“Israel will do everything in our power to disarm Hamas,” Danny Danon said during a UN Security Council debate. “The question is, when will you?”
Khalil al-Hayya’s first message as Hamas leader was not repentance for Oct. 7, but loyalty to the violent ideology that brought Gaza to ruin.
Meir Amit Center deputy director told JNS a separate Sinwar document explicitly instructed terrorists to document atrocities against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
A senior US official told JNS that a foreign aid watchdog “consistently flagged incidents of Hamas interference in the delivery of aid, which the UN, until now, chose to ignore.”
“What they’re trying to do is more of a sham,” the source told JNS, accusing Hamas of wanting to shed the burden of governing the Strip while retaining “power and money.”
