In his first public comments on the proposal, Netanyahu said the Trump administration had sent Jerusalem a draft of the plan, which Hamas accepted last week. The Board of Peace, the US-backed body overseeing the initiative, has been seeking to secure agreement from Israel after Hamas accepted the disarmament proposal. A senior US official previously said the proposal was an extension of Trump’s 20-point plan for ending the Gaza war, which Israel accepted last year. The proposal would also require Israel to halt military operations in Gaza once it takes effect. “We are instructing IDF soldiers to do whatever is necessary to defend themselves, defend our territory and defend people,” he said.