Hamas says it is ready to go ahead with the Gaza plan, Israel says it never agreed to the draft

Hamas told Trump's Board of Peace on 8 August that it stands by the plan's latest stage, under which weapons pass to a Palestinian governing committee, provided Israel approves and begins implementing the agreement. A Hamas official urged Washington to press Israel to move to phase two. Prime Minister Netanyahu, who faces a re-election fight in October and opposition from his own right-wing base, said last week that Israel had not agreed to the draft the Board put forward.

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