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flag Yair Lapid to push U.S.-backed Gaza plan for hostage release and Palestinian statehood, facing Netanyahu’s opposition.

flag Yair Lapid is pushing a Knesset vote on a U.S.-backed Gaza peace blueprint linked to former President Donald Trump, which demands hostage releases within 72 hours, establishes a temporary Palestinian technocratic committee, and creates an international oversight body, with long-term statehood tied to reforms and security guarantees. flag Despite UN Security Council endorsement, the proposal is fiercely opposed by Prime Minister Netanyahu and his coalition partners, who reject any path to Palestinian statehood. flag Lapid’s move exposes fractures inside Netanyahu’s government as the conflict continues in the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack that killed roughly 1,200 people and resulted in 252 hostages, with two Israelis and one Thai national still in captivity.

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