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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner<\/a> on Monday agreed that the Gaza Strip\u2019s \u201cdemilitarization\u201d should start with a Hamas weapons handover supervised by an American military general, according to a senior Israeli official.
The agreement came during an hourslong meeting, which followed rare talks between the leader of Hamas, Kushner and other members of Trump\u2019s Board of Peace<\/a> \u2014 part of a renewed push to revive a Gaza peace plan endorsed by Trump and Hamas but rejected by Israel<\/a>.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the details of the meeting provided by the senior Israeli official.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined Netanyahu and Kushner. A board official told NBC News this weekend that former European Parliament lawmaker Nickolay Mladenov<\/a>, now Trump\u2019s Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, was also expected to attend.
Netanyahu and Kushner also agreed that no reconstruction of Gaza should begin before Hamas is disarmed and that \u201cnecessary measures\u201d should be taken to \u201caddress sanitation and environmental concerns,\u201d the official added.
Netanyahu \u201cmade it clear\u201d that the Israel Defense Forces will not redeploy but that it would \u201ccontinue to thwart\u201d threats to its forces and the residents of Israel, the official said.
In a statement, Netanyahu\u2019s office did not confirm the details given by the Israeli official, instead saying only that the meeting had agreed to establish two working groups: one focusing on disarmament and demilitarization and the other centering on sanitation, clean water and other public health issues \u201cfor the people of Gaza and which also impact the people of Israel.\u201d
Both Israel and the Board of Peace agree that the disarmament and demilitarization piece \u201cshould be prompt and completed before any reconstruction happens in Gaza,\u201d the prime minister\u2019s office said.
The U.S. and Israel have shown rare public divisions over the road map for the future of the Palestinian enclave, as well as the Israeli government\u2019s approach to a mounting crisis in the occupied West Bank.
The renewed diplomatic effort comes as Netanyahu faces growing domestic pressure ahead of Israeli elections in October, including from the far-right faction upon which his fragile coalition government relies.
Netanyahu earlier this month rejected Trump\u2019s 15-point plan, which would require Hamas\u2019 disarmament and Israel\u2019s withdrawal from Gaza, with the Israeli leader vowing that there would be no military pullout until Hamas is \u201cgenuinely disarmed.\u201d
Earlier Monday, Hamas welcomed a joint statement from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt condemning Israel\u2019s rejection of the road map.
Hamas has said that it will disarm but that Israel must end its strikes and begin withdrawing from Gaza. It has also previously said <\/a>that laying down its heavy weapons, which would unfold later in the process, would be contingent on the international recognition of a Palestinian state, a demand Israel\u2019s current government rejects.
A Board of Peace official told NBC News over the weekend that the U.S. and Israel agreed on the \u201cend state\u201d of talks, \u201cwhich is a demilitarized Hamas.\u201d
\u201cWe will hear the concerns that have been raised and talk about next steps,\u201d the official had said of the meeting with Netanyahu. \u201cWhat is critical is that we both agree on the desired outcome and are finding ways to accelerate progress.\u201d
But many in Israel do not want to proceed with the Trump-backed plan.
Powerful National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/a> condemned efforts to advance the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Speaking on a podcast hosted by Rom Braslavski, who was one of the last living hostages released from captivity after the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, he called for the \u201ctargeted\u201d killing of \u201c30 or 40\u201d people in Gaza every night.
Israel\u2019s near-daily strikes have killed around 1,200 people in Gaza since the ceasefire began, according to the health ministry in the enclave.
The Israeli military says it is targeting Hamas militants. At least four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza in that same time, according to Reuters<\/a>.
\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that I disagreed with the prime minister,\u201d Ben-Gvir said on a podcast hosted by Rom Braslavski \u2014 one of the last living hostages released from captivity after the Hamas-led attack in 2023. \u201cI think we need to carry out targeted killings in Gaza \u2014 take out 30 or 40 every night.\u201d
\u201cNot just those who pose a threat to you at that particular moment,\u201d Ben-Gvir continued. \u201cThere are people there who are not human beings. They don\u2019t deserve to live. They\u2019re not even people. I\u2019m paying them a compliment by calling them people.\u201d
The comments reflected similar statements made by Israeli officials throughout the conflict in Gaza, some of which have been cited in a case before the United Nations\u2019 International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide in its military campaign. The U.S. and Israel have staunchly rejected the accusation.
Ben-Gvir also called for the mass emigration of Palestinians from the enclave, saying on the podcast that \u201cI see all of Gaza as ours.\u201d
His comments come days after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that he had ordered the Israeli military to draw up plans to hand over security operations in the West Bank, including the policing of Israeli settlers, to the Israel Police, over which Ben-Gvir has parliamentary oversight.
Israeli settlers have been besieging homes in the Palestinian village of Qusra for more than a week, with the Israeli military failing to end the violent intimidation campaign.
The siege earned a rare rebuke from Huckabee, who branded the settlers \u201cIsraeli terrorists\u201d and described their \u201chorrific act of terror\u201d as \u201cdisgusting.\u201d
Settler attacks in the West Bank have been on the rise since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, in which some 1,200 people were killed and around 250 taken hostage.
Since then, more than 73,000 people, including thousands of children, have been killed in Gaza, according to the Palestinian health ministry in the enclave, with much of the territory destroyed.
Chantal Da Silva reports on world news for NBC News Digital and is based in London.
Matt Bradley is an international correspondent for NBC News based in Israel.
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