American-Israeli Disputes: Trump's Administration Wants to Move to Gaza Reconstruction While Tel Aviv Opposes

SadaNews - Significant disagreements have emerged between Israel and the United States regarding the second phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's plan for Gaza, which halted the genocide in Gaza following an agreement between Tel Aviv and Hamas in October 2025.

After Israel received its living prisoners and most of the corpses of prisoners from Gaza, Washington seeks to proceed with the second phase of the plan, while Hamas is reinforcing its control over the territory.

According to Israeli Channel 13, discussions have taken place between Israel and the United States over the past weeks, and officials who participated in them say, "We are on the brink of a deadlock."

They attributed this to the difficulties faced by the Americans in forming the international force that is supposed to be responsible for disarming the sector, noting that the Trump administration wishes to bypass this stage and move directly to the issue of reconstructing the area.

For his part, an Israeli security official considered that "this arrangement is unacceptable to Israel. There will be no reconstruction without disarmament; this contradicts Trump's plan. Gaza must be disarmed."

He added that "the Americans are unable to form a foreign force, so they are leaning towards compromises that Israel does not currently accept."

Meanwhile, a senior Israeli official stated that "the situation in this transitional phase is the worst ever, as Hamas has significantly bolstered its position over the past weeks since the war ended."

Amid the disputes between Tel Aviv and Washington, information that reached Israeli security agencies last week indicated that Hamas has begun establishing barriers in the sector and imposing fees on truck drivers, which indicates a rise in its economic power and the strengthening of its rule, clarifying who is the "decision-maker" in Gaza, according to Channel 13.

The delay in moving to the second phase is also attributed to the crisis of the Hamas fighters trapped in a tunnel in Rafah, with Israeli estimates indicating that their number is less than 100 militants, which continues to occupy all parties involved in the negotiations, including the Civil-Military Coordination Center established by Washington in "Kiryat Gat" in southern Israel.