Netanyahu bracing for ‘painful concessions’ under US Gaza plan — report

Ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with United States President Donald Trump on Monday, the premier and his team are expecting that Israel will have to make “painful and significant” concessions under the American plan to end the war in Gaza, reports Channel 12, without citing sources.

These include concessions that would “contradict Israel’s stated policy and the decisions taken by the cabinet in recent weeks,” particularly regarding the plan’s call for the gradual expansion of Palestinian Authority involvement in postwar Gaza, according to the network.

The report adds that the US is currently exerting “heavy pressure” on Qatar to push Hamas to agree to the details of Trump’s plan in the coming days, in an effort to shift the diplomatic demands entirely onto Netanyahu and Israel.