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Netanyahu Agrees Gaza Working Groups for Disarmament, Health

8/18/2026

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Benjamin Netanyahu agreed with Board of Peace to set up working groups—one on Gaza disarmament, another on sanitation and public health.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich praised it, said destroying Hamas conflicts with negotiations, goals are only “halfway there”, and U.S. plan is problematic before October elections.
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner and Prime Minister Tony Blair met Netanyahu to advance President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan and its 15-point disarmament document.

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Benjamin Netanyahu agreed with Board of Peace to set up working groups—one on Gaza disarmament, another on sanitation and public health.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich praised it, said destroying Hamas conflicts with negotiations, goals are only “halfway there”, and U.S. plan is problematic before October elections.
U.S. envoy Jared Kushner and Prime Minister Tony Blair met Netanyahu to advance President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan and its 15-point disarmament document.