Israel has publicly rejected the 15-point Gaza roadmap proposed by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday, August 11, 2026. Netanyahu emphasized that the Israeli army will not withdraw from Palestinian territory until Hamas is fully disarmed.

On the same day, Hamas reaffirmed its commitment to the roadmap, demanding guarantees on ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, aid, and reconstruction.

Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov explained in an interview on Israel’s Channel 12 that any Israeli pullback would be incremental, starting from areas declared free of weapons. International forces would take over vacated ground, and disarmament would extend to all armed groups in Gaza, not just Hamas.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza dropped sharply from 47 between July 27 and August 3 to eight in the following week through August 10. Since October 2023, when Israel began its war on Gaza, the ministry reported 73,386 Palestinians killed and 174,250 wounded.

Israeli Army Radio reported that Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz secretly approved rehabilitation work to rebuild basic infrastructure in eastern Rafah. Palestinian laborers will be allowed on-site after screening by Israel’s security agency, Shin Bet. However, media outlets citing US officials reported that the Israeli army has received no order to freeze preparations for the agreement’s second phase. Construction of a base for the incoming International Stabilization Force in Rafah is reportedly planned to begin by the end of August.

On Saturday, August 9, crews recovered 19 bodies, mostly women and children, from a collapsed building after four days of manual digging, with Israel continuing to bar heavy machinery from entering Gaza.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society stated that more than 60 residents, including women and children, were detained and interrogated in homes converted to field posts.

Additionally, Israeli NGO Ir Amim reported that the Israeli government recently advanced three settlement plans in occupied East Jerusalem: about 650 housing units at the main entrance of the Palestinian neighborhood of Umm Tuba; approximately 450 units in the heart of Umm Lison; and an additional 2,300 units to expand the illegal settlement of Gilo, further isolating East Jerusalem from Bethlehem and the southern West Bank.

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