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17 killed in Gaza as Israel resists Hamas disarmament deal terms

17 killed in Gaza as Israel resists Hamas disarmament deal terms

Israeli strikes killed at least 17 people, including children, in Gaza as Israel told the White House it has 'serious security concerns' about the Hamas…

At least 17 people, including children, were killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza overnight and into Sunday, according to The Associated Press — the same window in which Israeli officials publicly challenged the disarmament agreement announced by President Donald Trump. The deaths arrived as diplomats debated phases, timelines, and conditions in a conflict now approaching three years. 🔹 What happened: Doron Spielman, spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, told the AP that Israel had shared 'serious security concerns' with the White House regarding the proposed deal. He said Israel's intelligence assessment finds Hamas is focused on rebuilding its military capacity, not genuinely disarming. Israel controls more than 60% of Gaza's territory and has ruled out any military withdrawal before Hamas physically surrenders its weapons. Hamas had announced days earlier that it would begin disarming under the ceasefire deal signed nine months ago. Trump's 20-point plan includes weapon surrender, tunnel destruction, a phased Israeli withdrawal, international force deployment, and a new technocratic Palestinian government. A copy of the agreement verified by the AP specified that Hamas-run police weapons would be transferred to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza. 🔹 Why it matters: The areas under Israeli control in Gaza have been mostly destroyed and depopulated, per the AP. Residents in those zones face conditions with no confirmed timeline for reconstruction or relief, as the agreement's next steps depend on the arrival of the Palestinian committee and deployment of international forces — both without fixed dates. Spielman said a premature Israeli pullout would let Hamas 'rebuild its terrorist infrastructure' and threaten another October 7-style attack. The original Hamas assault in 2023 triggered the conflict. Disarmament has blocked negotiations for months, and the sequencing dispute between Israel and the agreement's text is now in the open. 📌 EPM Take: EPM has tracked how Palestinian deaths have continued to accumulate in parallel with what officials call a diplomatic breakthrough. The 17 killed this weekend — among them children — represent a grim data point in that pattern. What is absent from most coverage is a direct reckoning with the gap between the agreement's text and Israel's stated preconditions: the deal places weapons decommissioning after international forces arrive, while Israel demands disarmament before any withdrawal. The families displaced across Gaza's destroyed zones are not parties to that sequencing debate. If the impasse is not resolved with a clear mechanism, the ceasefire's humanitarian promises will remain contingent indefinitely.
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