This came during a court session following a petition filed by the Foreign Press Association in Israel demanding that journalists be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, while the judges decided to postpone ruling on the case to a later time.
The Haaretz newspaper reported that the Israeli government representative "informed the Supreme Court (the highest judicial body) that foreign journalists would not be allowed to enter Gaza due to security risks," according to him.
On Monday morning, the court discussed a petition filed by the Foreign Press Association in Israel (FPA) demanding that journalists be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip.
The petition was submitted a year and four months ago, but the court repeatedly granted the state's requests to postpone its response. This is the second petition submitted on this matter, after the first was rejected immediately following the start of the war, according to the same source.
Attorney Gilad Sher, representing the Foreign Press Association, said at the start of the session: "We are two years after the outbreak of the war, 16 months after the petition was submitted, and three months after a fundamental change in the situation in the Gaza Strip, and throughout all this time the state has not changed its position, and the restrictions are still comprehensive."
He added that the petitioners represent about 400 journalists from more than 130 media outlets in about 30 countries, broadcasting in about 10 different languages, and reaching hundreds of millions, if not billions, of people around the world.
According to Haaretz, the judges granted the state's request for a closed session to hear the army's position on the matter. Following the closed session, the judges decided to postpone ruling on the case to a later date.
Disarmament in exchange for reconstruction
An Israeli television channel revealed on Monday that the United States is preparing a document that includes a mechanism for disarming Hamas, under which the movement will be given a grace period of several weeks before Israel is allowed to take action if it does not comply.
Channel 13 (a private Israeli channel) said that "the United States will transfer in the coming days a detailed document outlining the steps for disarming Hamas."
She indicated that the plan would allow the opening of the crossings and the start of the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, in exchange for the movement handing over its weapons to multinational forces within a specified time period.
The channel added that the document prevents Hamas from implementing this for a few weeks, and in case of non-compliance, Israel will be given the green light to "act as it pleases." The channel explained that the document will be transferred to Israel for approval in the coming days, before being sent to Hamas in preparation for its implementation.
The second phase of Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza calls for the disarmament of Hamas and the rest of the Palestinian factions, the implementation of a further withdrawal of the Israeli occupation army from Gaza, and the start of reconstruction efforts, which the United Nations estimates will cost about $70 billion.
Trump announced in mid-January the start of this phase, as part of his plan approved by UN Security Council Resolution 2803 issued on November 17, 2025.
The first phase, which came into effect in October 2025, included a ceasefire and an exchange of Israeli detainees for Palestinian prisoners, while Tel Aviv continues to violate the agreement daily, resulting in the martyrdom of 477 Palestinians.
On Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the second phase of the ceasefire plan in Gaza is not aimed at rebuilding the sector, but rather focuses on disarming it and disarming the Hamas movement.
He claimed that disarming Gaza would be done "the easy way or the hard way," referring to continued military pressure, citing statements by US President Donald Trump.
This came after the Israeli occupation army announced the discovery of the body of the last captive in the Gaza Strip, policeman Ran Gweli, and said that with this, "all the abductees from inside the Gaza Strip have been returned."
The ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10, brokered by Egypt, Qatar and Turkey and sponsored by US President Donald Trump, as part of a multi-stage plan he developed.
The agreement ended a genocide that Israel began on October 8, 2023, and which lasted for two years, leaving more than 71,000 martyrs and more than 171,000 wounded Palestinians, and massive destruction that affected 90% of the civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at about $70 billion.
