Netanyahu Rejects Board of Peace's 15-Point Gaza Plan, Reverses Approved Rafah-Area IDF Pullout

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli Cabinet 'Israel does not accept the 15-point document,' formally rejecting the Board of Peace's disarmament roadmap and stating Israel will not withdraw from any part of Gaza until Hamas surrenders all its weapons. Israeli security officials said Netanyahu had personally approved a pilot IDF withdrawal from three small areas near Rafah in southern Gaza — a plan discussed over the preceding week with IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and approved by the IDF, Netanyahu, and the United States — before reversing himself within 24 hours; the IDF and security establishment reportedly learned of the reversal from media reports before being formally informed. Analysts said the reversal upended months of indirect negotiations in which Palestinian factions had shown flexibility toward a political settlement.