Netanyahu says Israel didn’t agree to US-backed Gaza plan as far-right pressure grows
The Israeli leader has received guarantees that the Israeli army would only need to leave its current positions in Gaza after Hamas disarms
“We are checking this. They sent us a draft – we did not agree to it, it is not our draft. We sent our comments,” he said.
Netanyahu met with the US-backed Board of Peace on Monday and received guarantees that the Israeli army would only be required to leave its current positions in Gaza after Hamas disarms.
But pressure has been growing on Netanyahu from the right flank of his ruling coalition to reject the deal.
Two far-right ministers requested a new vote on the plan Tuesday, saying it did not reflect what had originally been discussed.
Israel’s security cabinet, in which the two ministers sit, already voted in favour of the proposal, which would see, among other things, the deployment of international peacekeeping troops in the Gaza Strip.