Palestinians in Gaza hope Hamas will disarm but fear Israeli forces won’t withdraw
The phased plan would put disarmament under independent monitoring as Gaza moves toward a new Palestinian authority and Israel receives security guarantees.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump announced a "HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all armed groups in Gaza," marking a major milestone in his peace plan.
- Brokered by mediators from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States, the plan mandates a phased disarmament process with an Implementation Verification Committee overseeing weapons decommissioning and facility closure.
- Israeli strikes killed at least three people in Gaza Thursday, including two children, as Gaza health officials reported the death toll has exceeded 1,200 Palestinians since the ceasefire began.
- Hamas negotiator Ghazi Hamad stated the group will not act on disarmament until Israeli forces withdraw, while United States officials said Israel remains skeptical of Hamas's surrender intentions.
- Cairo will soon host mediators from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States to confirm all parties' commitment to the agreement, though officials acknowledge considerable skepticism remains on all sides.
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Hamas consents to disarmament in the Gaza Strip, but there are still loopholes in the protocol that could cause the agreement to break out. RFI receives Thomas Vescovi, a PhD student in political science at the EHESS and the Free University of Brussels. Member of the editorial board of Yaani.fr and author of The Failure of a Utopia, a History of the Left in Israel, La Découverte editions.
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Palestinians in Gaza hope Hamas will disarm but fear Israeli forces won’t withdraw
Palestinians in Gaza see the road map U.S. President Donald Trump announced as a positive development but remain skeptical that either Israel or Hamas will adhere to the terms.
Jan Younis. Hamas said yesterday that the first step to implementing the phase-by-phase disarmament agreement in Gaza, announced the eve by US President Donald Trump, is Israel’s commitment to stop killing Palestinians and put an end to the attacks, but pointed out that this will face many obstacles and may take “a long time” to materialize.
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