New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected key elements of a US-backed proposal aimed at advancing the Gaza ceasefire, insisting that Israeli troops will not withdraw from their current positions until Hamas is completely disarmed.

The remarks signal growing differences between Israel and the Trump administration over how to implement the ceasefire framework and underscore the challenges facing efforts to bring the nearly three-year conflict to a lasting end.

Netanyahu in a video posted on social media said Israel had not accepted the draft proposal presented by the Trump administration and had instead submitted its own changes.

"The Trump administration sent us a draft. We did not agree. It is...