Israel kills five in Gaza despite Trumpâs Hamas disarmament plan
Israeli forces have killed at least five Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip. At least two people were killed and several wounded in a
Israeli forces have killed at least five Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip. At least two people were killed and several wounded in a strike on a house in central Deir el-Balah, while three others were killed in a strike on an apartment in northern Gaza City, according to local officials. The strikes came on Sunday, two days after US President Donald Trumpâs Board of Peace published a 15-point roadmap for implementing last yearâs Gaza ceasefire agreement, extending a pattern of continued Israeli strikes despite diplomatic breakthroughs.
The roadmap has yet to be implemented on the ground. Hamas has said it will hand over its weapons for storage only after Israel halts military operations and withdraws its forces in line with last yearâs agreement. An Israeli official told the Reuters news agency there would be no withdrawal from current positions unless Hamas undergoes âgenuine disarmamentâ. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not publicly commented on the initiative, but far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called it unacceptable and said Israel should continue targeting Hamas leaders.
senior Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan, based in the United Arab Emirates, said Jared Kushner, Trumpâs son-in-law and a senior adviser on the US initiative, told him he was working with Israel to halt the attacks on Gaza. Dahlan said talks with Washington were continuing, and that the agreementâs
success now depended on Israel fully ending its daily strikes. Separately, Israeli strikes destroyed a medical supply warehouse in central Gaza on Saturday, leaving a crater 20 metres (66ft) wide and 10 metres (33ft) deep, part of a broader wave of attacks that has continued despite the ceasefire push.
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