Security Chiefs Warn Cabinet Hamas Signed Gaza Roadmap as Strategic Deception

Two documents on Gaza's future dominated an overnight security cabinet session: deployment of a multinational force in the Strip, and a 15-point roadmap running from disarmament to Palestinian statehood. Shin Bet chief David Zini warned that Hamas's signing is a strategic deception meant to buy time and keep Israel from resuming operations before the election, calling it a strategic ambush. Military Intelligence research chief Brig. Gen. Ofir Mizrahi-Rozen said Hamas accepted the 15 points without abandoning its vision of destroying Israel. Ministers Ze'ev Elkin, Bezalel Smotrich, Orit Strock and Avi Dichter demanded Netanyahu declare that Israel rejects the document. Netanyahu said Israel has submitted corrections to Washington.