US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced an agreement for the “complete disarmament” of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza, calling it a critical step toward establishing a new Palestinian government in Gaza.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump described it as a major milestone in the implementation of the Trump 20-Point Plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza.
Trump asserted that the agreement would be implemented in phases. He wrote that Israeli forces would withdraw and that an International Stabilization Force, working alongside a new Palestinian police force, would assume responsibility for security in Gaza.
The president thanked mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, as well as his administration, for helping broker the agreement.
Hamas said on Friday that it had agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel, which included provisions addressing its weapons and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.
Hamas officials said a committee established by Trump’s Board of Peace to govern Gaza would oversee the process of storing the Islamist movement’s weapons. The group said it expected mediators and the Board of Peace to ensure Israel complied with the deal’s terms.
However, an Israeli official said earlier on Thursday that Israel had rejected a proposal.
