"Axios": Netanyahu was surprised by Trump's response to Hamas's statement.. Details

A senior official in Tel Aviv revealed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was surprised by U.S. President Donald Trump's response to Hamas's recent statement, as Netanyahu considered the movement's response to be a 'complete rejection' of the American plan, contrary to other positive assessments.

According to the official, Netanyahu directed that the response from the occupation should be coordinated with the United States to ensure that it does not appear as if Hamas provided a positive response to the American proposal.

This comes after Hamas issued a statement on Friday agreeing to specific terms in Trump's plan, such as the exchange of detainees and managing Gaza with a technocratic government, while deferring other contentious issues to a national framework.

According to Axios, Netanyahu said during consultations last night that he sees Hamas's response as a 'rejection' of the proposal.

He instructed that the response from the occupation must be coordinated with the United States 'to ensure that the idea that Hamas gave a positive response is not solidified.'

In a striking contrast to Netanyahu's position, the report quoted the same official stating that the negotiating team of the occupation, responsible for the detainee issue, actually viewed Hamas's response as a 'positive response that opens a path to reach an agreement.'

Politically, this disparity reveals deep disagreements within the occupation government between the political level (represented by Netanyahu) and the professional level (represented by the negotiating team).

It seems that Netanyahu is seeking to present a hardline interpretation of Hamas's response to avoid American pressure to move forward with a plan that may not serve his internal political agenda.

Diplomatically, his instructions to coordinate with Washington appear to be an attempt to influence the official narrative adopted by the U.S. administration and to prevent the solidification of any positive momentum that could lead to an agreement.