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Shafaq News
– Middle East
On Thursday,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a 20-point plan developed
with US President Donald Trump’s team to “isolate” Hamas and block its return
to power in Gaza.
Addressing
reporters, he stated that Israel will retain full security control over the
Strip and reject Hamas’ demand for Israeli withdrawal to retrieve captives’
bodies, adding that their forces will remain in Gaza “as long as necessary” to
enforce disarmament.
Netanyahu
emphasized that Tel Aviv coordinates with Washington but acts independently.
“We decide where the threat lies and confront it.”
Drafted with
Trump’s advisers and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, the plan outlines
disarmament, hostage exchanges, a monitored ceasefire, and foreign-managed
reconstruction.
The
announcement followed Netanyahu’s unopposed confirmation as Likud leader and
candidate for the 2026 elections. The party is one of Israel’s main right-wing
parties and has dominated national politics for much of the past two decades
after its inception in 1973.