US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance meet Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at the White House in Washington, US, Feb 4, 2025. (A photo by Reuters)

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has rejected US President Donald Trump`s Board of Peace 15-point plan and will not withdraw forces from the territory until the Palestinian resistance group Hamas fully disarms.

"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday, referring to a US-backed Gaza peace plan.

The Israeli army "will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces", he added.

"And when I say disarm Hamas, that means heavy weapons, less-heavy weapons, all weapons. And we are talking about real disarmament, not a fictitious disarmament," Netanyahu said.

This comes days after the US-backed board made Israeli withdrawal from the blockaded Palestinian territory conditional on Hamas`s complete disarmament, in a move that runs counter to the terms of last year`s agreement, even as Israel has yet to fulfill its own withdrawal commitments.

In a statement last week, the board said Israeli forces would not withdraw beyond the so-called "Yellow Line" until the Palestinian resistance movement had fully completed the decommissioning of its weapons.

Under last year`s agreement, the "Yellow Line" was designated as the initial withdrawal boundary for Israeli occupying forces, with further pullbacks to take place alongside the gradual decommissioning of resistance weapons.

Israeli forces, however, did not carry out the planned withdrawals. Instead, they continued their military aggression, moved beyond the "Yellow Line" and established permanent military positions after Washington launched the initiative in October 2025.

Meanwhile, the Hamas resistance movement has announced that it would dissolve the emergency committee administering Gaza but declined to disarm its military wing.

Palestinian resistance groups have made clear that surrender is not an option in the face of the US-led effort to reshape Gaza`s future.

Reconstruction has barely begun across most of Gaza, with only a fraction of the estimated $17 billion in pledged funds actually secured. Wealthy donors have largely refused to finance projects in areas still under Israeli control, viewing such efforts as legitimizing the occupation.

Israel has continued to carry out near-daily deadly attacks across the besieged Palestinian strip since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hamas last October.

The Israeli genocide has already killed more than 73,375 Palestinians, wounded over 171,000, and destroyed around 90 percent of Gaza`s infrastructure, according to Gaza authorities.

Since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed, at least 1,250 Palestinians have been killed and another 4,110 injured in Israeli attacks, according to Gaza`s Health Ministry.

Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 reported on July 4 that Israel could resume a full-scale military offensive in Gaza within two months.