Overview
- President Trump said Thursday that a U.S.-led “Peace Council” reached an agreement for phased, verifiable disarmament of Hamas and other Gaza armed groups as the basis for an Israeli pullback.
- Hamas publicly confirmed acceptance of the pact but made its compliance conditional on Israel carrying out withdrawals, opening crossings, and meeting guarantees laid out by mediators.
- The Israeli government has not given public approval and senior ministers voiced skepticism or rejection, leaving sequencing, verification and legal authority unresolved.
- Mediators from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United States are meeting in Cairo to finalize timetables and verification rules, with U.S. officials citing roughly 200–300 days as a possible disarmament window.
- If implemented the plan would transfer weapons custody to a technocratic Committee National for the Administration of Gaza and hand security to an International Stabilization Force and new Palestinian police, but Gazans and international observers express deep skepticism because many operational details remain undecided.