Netanyahu said Israel was approaching “Phase II” of the Trump plan, which is the next stage of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

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,

President Trump said a day earlier that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would visit 'very soon.'

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.

"You have to understand, Gaza is not the West Bank. Recruiting and activating people in Gaza is a very, very difficult thing."

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.

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