Hamas said on Friday that it reached an agreement to disarm, a significant move that could help end the war in Gaza, but one that will face many hurdles and could take a long time to achieve, if at all.
The group agreed to a road map as long as Israel also makes concessions, including ending hostilities and withdrawing its troops from the Palestinian territory, a Hamas official and a regional official told Associated Press.
Senior Hamas official Bassem Naim confirmed in a post on X that the group agreed to the deal.
Israel has not officially commented on the deal, which US President Donald Trump announced hours earlier, but a political source said “that there will be no withdrawal whatsoever” from Israeli forces’ current lines “unless Hamas undergoes a genuine disarmament”.
It comes nine months after a US-brokered ceasefire to end the fighting between Israel and the group was signed.
That 20-point ceasefire plan calls on the militant group to surrender its weapons and destroy its vast network of tunnels.