Netanyahu rejects Trump-backed Gaza planIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a US-backed plan for Gaza, in a rare public break with US President Donald Trump. The 15-point plan that Trump’s Board of Peace unveiled last month calls for Hamas to disarm and Israeli troops to withdraw from the enclave. Netanyahu said Israel won’t pull back until Hamas gives up its weapons—a nonstarter for Hamas, which insists it won’t disarm until Israel withdraws first. However, far-right ministers in Netanyahu’s coalition blasted the Gaza plan soon after it was announced. Russia and Syria reach deal on future of military basesAfter 18 months of negotiations, Moscow and Damascus concluded a memorandum of understanding on Russia’s presence in Syria.