Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-led Gaza plan that Hamas has endorsed, opening unusually public daylight with President Donald Trump, France 24 reports.
France 24 international affairs editor Philip Turle said the rejection is domestically driven: "Netanyahu is willing to break ties with Trump over the 15-point Gaza peace deal to gain support from the far-right members of his coalition."
Netanyahu faces closely contested elections. Turle ties the rejection to that calendar: distancing himself from the Washington-brokered deal plays to coalition partners who have resisted concessions to Hamas.
Hypothesis: the split risks unraveling the ceasefire process and denting US credibility as mediator, since a plan Hamas accepted but Israel's government has not cannot function as agreed. Supporting this: Turle's characterization that Netanyahu is prepared to "break ties" with Trump, not just negotiate details. Against it: the source material reports no change in US-Israeli security or diplomatic coordination beyond Netanyahu's statement, so this may remain electoral posturing rather than a substantive break.
What to watch: whether Trump responds publicly, whether Hamas treats Israel's rejection as grounds to reconsider its own endorsement, and how Netanyahu's far-right coalition partners react.