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Grégoire SAUVAGE

Netanyahu gave a ‘victory to Hamas’ by rejecting US-backed Gaza peace plan

Hamas Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Donald Trump United States Israel Denis Charbit Washington D.C.
US President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave at the end of a joint news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Was
(FILES) US President Donald Trump (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leave at the end of a joint news conference in the State Dining Room at the White House on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. © Win McNamee, AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza last week offered a diplomatic victory to Hamas, according to some analysts. The Palestinian Islamist movement had agreed to gradually give up weapons in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, but agreeing on the definition of "disarmament" may prove a sticking point.

Hamas would be required to gradually give up its weapons in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territory of Gaza under the peace plan announced by US President Donald Trump in July.

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