Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel’s Cabinet that his government does not accept the 15-point Gaza document announced by President Donald Trump. The U.S. document described withdrawal advancing as Hamas completes disarmament, creating a direct conflict over order. Israel currently controls more than half of the Gaza Strip, where roughly 2 million Palestinians live amid extensive war damage.
Netanyahu said discussion with the United States would continue despite his rejection of the document as written. The White House did not immediately issue a public answer to the Cabinet statement. Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim said the group remained committed to the road map.
The plan is an implementation framework rather than a final-status agreement for Gaza and Israel. Earlier ceasefire steps ended major operations and secured hostage releases, while disarmament and withdrawal remained unresolved. Netanyahu faces an Israeli election on Oct. 27 and competing domestic pressure over security and a settlement. Any workable sequence would need observable benchmarks, a party authorized to certify them and a procedure for disputes. Public reporting did not identify a mutually accepted monitor or a timetable connecting individual weapons transfers to specific troop movements.
Naim said mediators and Washington should press Israel to follow the announced framework. The ceasefire remains in place, but the later stages needed for a durable settlement have not been completed. Statements from Israel and Hamas show negotiating positions but do not independently verify compliance on the ground. The disagreement therefore leaves both parties able to say the other has not met a prerequisite. Continued U.S. and mediator engagement may narrow that gap, but engagement itself is not evidence of an accepted mechanism.
The reporting available at the edition deadline did not resolve this point: no jointly accepted text, timetable or verification authority was available, and Washington had not answered the Israeli rejection. The next dated records are a revised U.S. sequence or formal defense of the existing text and a mediator announcement defining disarmament and withdrawal benchmarks.