Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Disarmament Plan Trump Called 'Historic'
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- President Trump announced that the Board of Peace reached an "historic agreement" for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas in Gaza, but in the week since, the situation has become more uncertain.
- Hamas said it will only disarm when Israel withdraws its forces from Gaza, creating a deadlock with Israel's insistence that it will not withdraw until weapons are handed over.
- Israeli PM Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel had not agreed to the Board of Peace's plan, directly contradicting the "historic agreement" Trump had announced.
- BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen and Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf analyze what comes next on The Global Story podcast, produced by Hannah Moore and Xandra Ellin.
Why it matters: The deadlock leaves the Trump-brokered roadmap without a single party fully on board: Hamas conditions disarmament on Israeli withdrawal, while Netanyahu now says Israel never signed on at all — a direct contradiction of Trump's "historic agreement" claim that undermines the Board of Peace's credibility on Gaza.
