JERUSALEM, Aug. 10 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Sunday that Israel formally rejects the 15-point document produced by the Board of Peace, the Gaza framework backed by President Donald Trump that would tie a ceasefire to Hamas disarmament and a phased Israeli military withdrawal.

"Israel rejects the 15-point document," Netanyahu said at the cabinet meeting, according to Israeli officials. "The IDF will not make any withdrawal until Hamas is truly disarmed."

The statement came on August 9, the 81st anniversary of the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki, a day when most of the diplomatic world was measuring the war's endurance in years. Netanyahu's declaration was unambiguous: the framework the United States has...