A fresh U.S.-backed plan to end the Gaza conflict is already colliding with reality on the ground. Over the weekend, Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians, marking a second straight day of military operations even as Washington announced a diplomatic breakthrough. Main Developments Palestinian health officials reported separate strikes in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah on Sunday. In Deir al-Balah, an airstrike on an apartment killed a man and his wife, wounding four others. A separate strike in Gaza City killed two people, including a child. The violence follows President Donald Trump's Thursday announcement that Hamas had agreed to disarm under a U.S.-backed initiative. Trump's Board of Peace subsequently published a 15-point roadmap on Friday outlining the final steps for implementing last year's ceasefire agreement reached in Egypt. Read also: 5 key numbers behind Washington's 250,000-acre wildfire crisis That roadmap has yet to be implemented, and the two sides remain far apart on core conditions. Hamas says it will hand over its weapons for storage only after Israel halts military operations and withdraws its forces per the original agreement. Background The ceasefire agreement, brokered last year in Egypt, was designed to end the conflict, but its implementation has stalled. An Israeli official told Reuters there will be no withdrawal from current military positions unless Hamas undergoes "genuine disarmament." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained publicly silent on the initiative. His National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has rejected it outright, calling it unacceptable and urging continued targeted killings of Hamas leaders. Mohammed Dahlan, a former senior Fatah official based in the UAE, added another layer of complexity. In a Facebook post, he said Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and a senior adviser on the initiative, told him he was working with the Israeli side to stop attacks on Gaza. Why It Matters The gap between Washington's diplomatic push and the continued strikes underscores how fragile the breakthrough actually is. Dahlan said the initiative's success now depends on Israel fully ending its daily attacks on Gaza, while Israel insists on disarmament as a precondition. With key Israeli leaders openly opposing the plan and Hamas conditioning any weapons handover on a full Israeli withdrawal, the roadmap faces an uphill path. Each day of continued strikes risks eroding the political momentum behind the U.S. effort. What's Next Reuters has reached out to the U.S. State Department for comment on Dahlan's remarks about Kushner's involvement. Israel has not yet issued an immediate response to those claims. The 15-point roadmap remains unimplemented, and no timeline has been publicly set for the next steps. Whether Kushner's reported back-channel efforts can bridge the gap between Israel's demand for disarmament and Hamas's insistence on withdrawal first will determine if the plan survives contact with reality.