Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza plan, more details emerge on Strait of Hormuz

Israeli forces control more than half the Palestinian enclave of about two million people that has been largely destroyed (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)

Israel has rejected a deal announced by US president Donald Trump for Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the deal announced by the US president last month, saying his country’s military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed”.