{"id":2570648,"date":"2026-02-17T12:23:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-dismisses-israel-threat-to-complete-the-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T17:25:46","slug":"hamas-dismisses-israel-threat-to-complete-the-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-dismisses-israel-threat-to-complete-the-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas dismisses Israel threat to &#8216;complete the mission&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-dismisses-israel-threat-to-complete-the-mission%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The piece describes a clash over a U.S.-backed plan for Gaza in which Israeli Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs said Hamas would have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-biden-dhs-released-50000-illegal-immigrants-into-the-u-s-without-court-dates\/\" title=\"Report: Biden DHS Released 50,000 Illegal Immigrants Into the U.S. Without Court Dates\">60-day window<\/a> to disarm\u2014down to rifles\u2014after which the Israel Defense Forces would complete the mission if disarmament fails. He suggested the process could begin around a Board of Peace meeting and said Israel is \u201crespecting\u201d Trump\u2019s vision for gaza\u2019s reconstruction. Hamas officials rejected the ultimatum as intimidation, with leaders such as Mahmoud Mardawi and Khaled Meshaal arguing that resistance is the right of the occupied and that the Palestinian people will not surrender. The report frames the dispute as part of a broader discussion about the second phase of the U.S.-lead peace plan and Trump\u2019s push for a strong international body with funding pledged to rebuild Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hamas dismisses Israel threat to &lsquo;complete the mission&rsquo; if <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">terrorist group<\/a> doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t disarm<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2502361\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A high-ranking <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\">Hamas<\/a> official is hand-waving statements from the Israeli prime minister&rsquo;s Cabinet that claimed the terrorist group will have a 60-day window to disarm or face the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, speaking at the Besheva Group conference in Jerusalem on Monday, said that Israel is &ldquo;respecting&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">President Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s 20-point vision for reconstructing Gaza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4460065\/ali-khamenei-iran-nuclear-industry-our-undeniable-right-threats-against-us\/\">Iranian supreme leader calls nuclear industry &#8216;our undeniable right&#8217; in series of threats against US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4459836\/ireland-opens-investigation-into-elon-musk-grok\/\">Ireland opens its own investigation into Musk&rsquo;s X over sexualized images of children made by Grok<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4459752\/aoc-claims-venezuela-is-below-the-equator-in-munich-flub\/\">AOC claims Venezuela is &lsquo;below the equator&rsquo; in Munich flub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Fuchs <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/top-netanyahu-aide-hamas-will-have-60-days-to-disarm-or-idf-will-complete-mission\/\">said<\/a> that according to that plan, Hamas &ldquo;will have to give up all of its weapons&rdquo; within a 60-day window &mdash; even their rifles, which &ldquo;will be taken from them entirely.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, chairs a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naftali-bennett-irans-new-leader-a-mass-murderer-biden-administration-thats-less-relevant-lets-keep-our-eye-on-the-ball\/\" title=\"Naftali Bennett: Iran\u2019s New Leader A \u2018Mass Murderer.\u2019 Biden Administration: That\u2019s \u2018Less Relevant,\u2019 Let\u2019s \u2018Keep Our Eye On The Ball\u2019\">weekly cabinet meeting<\/a>, flanked by Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, <br \/>at his office in Jerusalem Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023 (Menahem Kahana\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We will evaluate [the disarming operations],&rdquo; Fuchs said. &ldquo;If it works, great. If not, then the IDF will have to complete the mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Cabinet secretary did not offer a concrete start date for the two-month disarmament effort, but speculated that it could begin with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458728\/trump-board-of-peace-5-billion-gaza-reconstruction\/\">Board of Peace<\/a> meeting set to take place on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fuchs&rsquo;s comments did not sit well with Hamas leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Hamas member Mahmoud Mardawi, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/17\/hamas-rejects-netanyahu-aides-60-day-ultimatum-for-group-to-disarm\">reacting to Al Jazeera Mubasher<\/a> about the allegedly upcoming 60-day ultimatum, claimed it was purely an intimidation tactic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu &hellip; and through the media are merely threats with no basis in the ongoing negotiations,&rdquo; Mardawi said.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that &ldquo;the Palestinian people will not surrender,&rdquo; the senior leader warned that threats to renew the conflict between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas would have &ldquo;serious repercussions for the region.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The clash in rhetoric between Fuchs and Mardawi highlights the broader discord over how the second phase of the U.S.-led peace plan struck last year will unfold.<\/p>\n<p>Khaled Meshaal, the chairman of the Hamas political bureau and arguably the most influential civil leader of the terrorist group, rejected the idea of disarming militants altogether during a speech earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4458728\/trump-board-of-peace-5-billion-gaza-reconstruction\/\">TRUMP SAYS BOARD OF PEACE MEMBER STATES HAVE VOWED OVER $5 BILLION TO REBUILD GAZA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Criminalizing the resistance, its weapons, and those who have led it is something we should not accept,&rdquo; Meshaal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2026\/02\/08\/world\/politics\/hamas-disarmament-foreign-rule\/\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;As long as there is an occupation, there is resistance. Resistance is the right of people under occupation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has touted his Board of Peace &mdash; a body in which he holds nearly unilateral executive authority &mdash; as the &ldquo;most consequential international body in history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Very importantly, Hamas must uphold its commitment to full and immediate demilitarization,&rdquo; he warned in a Truth Social post over the weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas rejects Israeli 60-day disarm deadline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2570649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26045548491557.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[20083,50400,4671,4104],"class_list":["post-2570648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-gaza","tag-hamas-2","tag-israel","tag-threat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26045548491557.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570652,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570648\/revisions\/2570652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}