LONDON: Israel said on Thursday reconstruction in Gaza cannot begin until Hamas is fully disarmed, as Turkiye, Egypt and Qatar condemned renewed Israeli strikes in the enclave and warned that further escalation could undermine efforts to implement a US-backed peace plan. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said that Israel had not agreed to the deployment of international forces in Gaza, despite reports that such a force could form part of efforts to stabilize the enclave.

The Prime Minister's Office said that there will be no reconstruction "of any kind" in the Gaza Strip without the complete disarmament of Hamas.

Israel has made clear that reconstruction in Gaza will not begin until Hamas is fully disarmed, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu