Netanyahu warns Hamas to accept Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes role for Tony Blair: Live updates
President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a sweeping, 20-point White House plan that administration officials believe can end Israel’s war in Gaza.
Netanyahu and Trump have warned Hamas to accept the deal, which would see the militant group relinquish its arms and role in Gaza politics.
Both leaders have threatened that if Hamas does not accept the US president’s terms, then Trump will let Israel “finish the job.” The militant group says it is studying the proposal.
“This can be done the easy way or it can be done the hard way, but it will be done,” Netanyahu said.
The president’s latest proposal — walking back his previous goal of expelling Palestinians — follows a growing embrace of Palestinian statehood in defiance of American and Israeli opposition.
Trump’s plan would appoint him as the chair of a “board of peace” serving as an oversight body led by a committee that includes former British prime minister Tony Blair.
Netanyahu’s visit to the White House marks his fourth trip to Washington since Trump returned to office, with Israel once more seeking to shore up U.S. support amid growing international hostility to the devastation in Gaza.
