Pakistan, Aug. 5 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas is completely disarmed. His remarks cast fresh doubt on efforts to advance a US-backed peace framework.

Netanyahu said Israel rejected the publicly released version of the proposal. He added that Israel had submitted its own comments to the United States.

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The proposed framework called for Hamas to begin disarming. In return, Israel would halt military strikes and start withdrawing from areas under its control.

However, Netanyahu insisted that Hamas must first surrender all its weapons. He said Israeli forces would continue operating to protect the country's sec...