Posted on 07/30/25
| News Source: Times of Israel
Israel sent a message to Hamas that if it doesn’t accept the proposal on the table for a ceasefire and hostage release deal in the coming days, Israel will start to annex territory around Gaza’s perimeter, senior Israeli officials tell Channel 13.
The report of the warning comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with his small group of top aides and ministers to discuss ongoing attempts to make some progress toward a hostage release and ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Israel sent a document with its red lines around IDF troop deployments and prisoner releases to Hamas through the mediating countries, according to Channel 12.
Israel says in the document that it will not leave the Phildelphi corridor or the buffer zone around the Gaza border, will not allow the opening of the Rafah Crossing, and will not agree to a prisoner release that is so far-reaching that it will make it difficult to get Hamas to release the last batch of hostages in a potential ceasefire.
Israel assumes Hamas will not show any further flexibility, according to the report.
“Israel will not be patient for much longer,” says a senior Israeli official.
However, Channel 12 reports that there is currently no appetite in the White House to greenlight an Israeli move to annex parts of the Strip.