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US eyeing skipping Gaza demilitarization, starting Strip’s reconstruction — report
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US President Donald Trump, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a press conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
The Trump administration is interested in forgoing the stage of its Gaza peace plan involving deploying a stabilization force to disarm Hamas and implementing the reconstruction of the Strip, officials involved in discussions with Washington tell Channel 13 news.
The potential change in direction is sending talks with Israel on the future of Gaza to “deadlock,” the sources say.
“There can be no rehabilitation before demilitarization. It is contrary to Trump’s plan. Gaza must be demilitarized,” a security official says.
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