But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a tough reelection fight in October and wide opposition from his right-wing base to the Gaza deal, said on Tuesday that Israel had not agreed to the “draft” presented by the Board of Peace.
Netanyahu met Monday with the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, who backtracked and said Israel would withdraw only after a full disarmament by Hamas.
Israel’s military also vowed to keep hitting Hamas, which carried out the deadliest attack ever against Israel on Oct 7, 2023.
On Saturday, Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, said Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesman for the civil defence agency.
Some 10 people including children were also injured across the Gaza Strip, with some in critical condition, he told AFP.
But the Israeli military operations in recent days appear to have decreased in intensity, with firing and drones reported but not air strikes.
Israeli operations in Gaza have killed 1,258 Palestinians since October last year, when the two sides agreed to a ceasefire backed by Trump, according to the territory’s health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.
The Israeli army has reported five deaths in its ranks during the same period.
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