Overview
- Senior Hamas delegates are meeting with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo and have reportedly expressed readiness to separate their military structures from civilian governance and to accept gradual disarmament under international supervision.
- Mediators and external actors, including the US administration, are pressing for rapid progress and some reports say parties are discussing an imminent signing or announcement though those claims remain unconfirmed.
- Core implementation questions remain unresolved, chiefly how Hamas weapons would be collected and who would custody them, how disarmament would be verified and enforced, and what mandate an international stabilisation force would have inside Gaza.
- Practical barriers on the ground include Israeli control of territory and crossings, the NCAG’s current inability to enter Gaza, and logistical limits that could block transfer of authority even if political agreement is reached.
- The Board of Peace, formed with a charter signed at Davos, is positioned to oversee civilian administration but the deal’s viability depends on technical, operational and verification steps that negotiators have not yet settled.