Israel – Jerusalem Post, July 31, 2025
Israel and the United States have formed a new understanding, given Hamas’s intransigence, that there is a need to shift the negotiating framework, a senior Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post Staff Thursday, following the meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.
There is a need to switch the framework of releasing some of the hostages to a framework that includes the release of all hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, and the demilitarization of Gaza.
Concurrently, Israel and the US will work to increase humanitarian aid while continuing military operations in Gaza.
