In the long and unresolved struggle over Gaza, a rare fracture has emerged between Israel and its closest ally: Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected the sequencing of a disarmament deal brokered by the Trump administration, insisting that Hamas must surrender its weapons before a single Israeli soldier withdraws. The disagreement is not merely procedural — it reflects a deeper contest over who controls the terms of peace, and at what cost to the people caught between the positions. With over a thousand dead since October's ceasefire, two million displaced, and a sacred site in Jerusalem dr
Netanyahu rejects Trump disarmament deal, conditions Gaza withdrawal on Hamas weapons surrender
At least 1,252 Palestinians, mostly women and children, killed since ceasefire; 2 million displaced in Gaza living in overcrowded tent camps with disease outbreaks.