The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is considering a plan to attach territories in Gaza, said two sources familiar with the matter to ABC News.
“Netanyahu Prime Minister is considering a plan to annex territories in Gaza if Hamas does not accept a high fire plan. This is one of several options,” said a source.
The news occurs less than a week after Steve Witkoff, the special envoy of President Donald Trump in the Middle East, said that the United States was shortening the conversations of Alto El Fuego and bringing his negotiation team to Casa de Doha, Qatar.
In Publish in x On July 24, Witkoff said Hamas was not “acting in good faith.”
“While mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not seem to be coordinated or acting in good faith,” Witkoff wrote, partly. “Now we will consider alternative options to take hostages home and try to create a more stable environment for the people of Gaza.”
Netanyahu echoed the Witkoff statement and blamed Hamas for the collapse in the negotiations.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement during a visit to the Weizmann Science Institute, which was beaten by an Iranian missile flood, in the central city of Iravot, Israel, June 20, 2025.
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“Special sent to the Middle East Steve Witkoff did well. Hamas is the obstacle to a hostage launch agreement,” Netanyahu said in a statement The day after Witkoff’s comments. “Together with our Americans, we are now considering alternative options to take our hostages home, end the Hamas terrorist rule and ensure lasting peace for Israel and our region.
In his own statement on Sunday, Hamas accused Witkoff and the Israelis of negotiating in bad faith and said that it makes no sense to continue negotiations in the current format.
“In the last round of negotiations, we achieved clear progress and we agreed greatly with what the mediators presented us, especially with respect to the issue of withdrawal, the prisoners and the entry of help,” said Hamas, partly. “They transmitted positive responses from the Zionist occupation, but we were surprised to discover that the occupation was withdrawing from the negotiations, and that the United States President of the United States to the Middle East, Witkoff, was in conflict with it.”
“We clearly declare: it makes sense to continue negotiations under the siege, extermination and hunger of our children, women and people in the Gaza Strip,” the statement continued.
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