"Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Plan, Vows No Military Withdrawal Until Hamas Disarmed In a major setback for US-backed peace efforts, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that his government will not support a 15-point plan aimed at resolving the long-standing conflict in Gaza. The plan, hailed by former US President Donald Trump, had been seen as a crucial step towards a lasting peace in the region. However, Netanyahu's rejection of the plan has sparked concerns that the already fragile peace process may be on the brink of collapse. With tensions running high, Netanyahu has vowed that the Israeli military will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed, a condition that is likely to be met with resistance from the Palestinian militant group. The move is likely to put pressure on the US to intervene and persuade Netanyahu to reconsider his stance, with Hamas officials already calling on the international community to pressure Israel to accept the plan."
Israeli prime minister says he will not support 15-point plan hailed by Donald Trump Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Gaza plan hailed by US president Donald Trump, vowing no military pullout of Gaza until Hamas is “genuinely” disarmed. The Israeli military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces and our citizens,” Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting.Here are the other key updates from today:The US must pressure Israel to accept the next phase of the Gaza plan, a Hamas official said, after Netanyahu rejected the US-backed agreement. “We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap and not obstruct the process for internal political and electoral reasons,” Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim said.A Houthi drone salvo targeted a Saudi oil refinery on the Red Sea coast. The Iran'-backed group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said the Houthis had “succeeded in targeting the Aramco refinery in Jazan on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast with a drone”.Attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen killed at least four troops from the internationally-recognised government forces and injured 20 more personnel, two military sources said. The initial toll came from strikes on the Yemeni city of Mokha and surrounding areas, as well as Khokha, south of the port city of Hodeida, the sources said on condition of anonymity, after the Houthis announced they had targeted military forces and equipment on the Red Sea coast.Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian met the country’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei around the start of the president’s third year in office in late July, state media said, and a paramilitary leader promised footage of Khamenei in the future. Khamenei was reportedly seriously injured in the February strike that killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The promise to release footage of the leader by paramilitary Basij Organisation deputy Qasem Qoraishi appeared to be aimed at quashing speculation about his health. Continue reading...
