Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more challenging elements will be carried out.

President Trump’s Gaza governance plan sparked backlash in Israel as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the makeup of the body, which includes Turkey and Qatar, contradicts Israeli policy — even as reports from said the lineup had,

During the meeting, Netanyahu insisted that "Hamas must be disarmed and the Gaza Strip must be demilitarized in accordance with the 20-point plan of US President Donald Trump."

Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that the United States announcing the next stage of the Gaza ceasefire process is merely symbolic.

In Palestine, Benjamin Netanyahu was accused of deliberately delaying the opening of the Rafah checkpoint and the withdrawal of troops from the Gaza Strip, despite the transition to the second phase of the exclave peace plan announced on January 14.

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Israeli forces killed at least 11 people in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, Gaza health officials said, including three Palestinian journalists who the Israeli military said were flying a drone.