OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US envoy Jared Kushner and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Jerusalem on Monday and discussed the first and second phase of the US-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza.

 

"Together the two discussed phase one which we are currently still in... and the future of phase two of this plan, which includes the disarming of Hamas, demilitarising Gaza and ensuring Hamas will have no role in the future of Gaza ever again," spokeswoman for the prime minister's office, Shosh Bedrosian, told journalists.

 

"Phase two also includes the establishment of the international stabilisation force and the details of which of course together are being discussed," she added.

 

The United Arab Emirates is not planning to join the international stabilisation force for Gaza because it lacks a clear framework, a senior official said on Monday.

 

"The UAE does not yet see a clear framework for the stability force, and under such circumstances will probably not participate in such a force," Emirati presidential advisor Anwar Gargash told the Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate forum.