The main dispute during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting on Monday with US special envoy Jared Kushner was over the premier’s insistence that Israel continue carrying out strikes on title='Hamas'>Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...operatives who allegedly took part in the terror group’s October 7 onslaught, an official present at the sit-down told The Times of Israel.
Earlier this month, Israel acknowledged having established a special operation to hunt down and kill every single Paleostinian terrorist involved in the October 7, 2023, invasion and atrocities.
The mission has resulted in countless apparent violations of the ceasefire that Israel and Hamas inked in October 2025, but the US-controlled Board of Peace has not adamantly objected, as the Israel Defense Forces in most cases has claimed those targeted posed an imminent threat to troops.
For months, the Board of Peace prioritized coaxing Hamas to accept its disarmament proposal, which it finally did on July 30.
Once in place, the plan envisions both sides immediately halting all military operations, though Netanyahu has come out against the proposal and raised that specific issue during his meeting with Kushner, according to the official present.
While Kushner assured Netanyahu that he would not oppose Israeli strikes against those who genuinely pose an "imminent threat," US President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
’s son-in-law and senior aide told the premier that the rationale should not be widely interpreted, the official said.
To the frustration of the Board of Peace delegation, Netanyahu insisted the strikes against participants in the October 7 attack would continue, according to the official, who added that no agreement was reached on the matter.
A second source briefed on the meeting confirmed the official’s account.
Hours after Kushner left Israel, the IDF carried out one of its deadliest strikes in months, targeting what it said was a gathering of senior Hamas operatives.
Even while theoretically understanding Israel’s desire to pursue October 7 terrorists, the continued harm to civilians in those strikes has been an increasing cause of concern for the Board of Peace, the official said.
No civilians would be harmed if they weren’t being used by Hamas as human shields, forbidden by the Geneva Conventions. So complain to Hamas about that, not Israel.
In addition to violating the Board of Peace’s stalled disarmament plan, the policy laid out by Netanyahu could well go against Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the Gazoo...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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war, which the premier accepted in September of last year.
| Accepted with reservations. Existential reservations. And even the Israeli left demands the same. So Bibi can’t compromise there if he wants to survive the coming election. |
| Hamas members is not the same as those who participated in 10/7 or involved with the holding of hostages. Some things are not forgivable. |
The Board of Peace disarmament plan envisions Hamas handing over its weapons to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza’s new police force, in a process facilitated by the International Stabilization Force.
Kushner said Monday that he wants Hamas to begin handing over its weapons within a month, but without a sufficient number of already trained police recruits, there may not be anyone for Hamas to give its weapons to.