Hamas Partially Accepts Egypt, Turkey, Qatar Proposals for Trump Gaza Plan in Cairo

Hamas has partially accepted proposals presented by mediators from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to push forward President Donald Trump's Gaza plan, with the agreement reached at the end of a week of intense consultations in Cairo.

“Washington announced on Wednesday the entry into the second phase of the American plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, following the announcement of an agreement among Palestinian movements on the formation of a transitional governance committee”

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The proposal says a “Palestinian party” yet to be identified will carry out an initial inventory of Hamas's weapons and then take delivery of the arms as well as detailed maps of Hamas's underground tunnels and the locations of its weapon manufacturing facilities.

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In return, Israel must announce a timeline for its withdrawal from Gaza in tandem with Hamas's disarmament, while the proposal also calls for Israel to allow adequate humanitarian aid to enter Gaza and allow entry to the Palestinian technocrats mandated to run the strip's day-to-day affairs.

The National reports that the mediators are now due to brief US officials and Nickolay Mladenov, chief envoy of the Board of Peace set up under Mr Trump's plan, while العرب 48 reports that Mladenov seeks to apply continuous pressure on Hamas under the pretext of 'time constraints' and that Hamas and other Palestinian factions insist on completing the first phase before moving on to later phases.

The National adds that Hamas and other groups claim Mladenov is biased in favour of Israel and demand he adopts a more understanding approach, while العرب 48 says the disagreement centers on whether the 'weapons file' is treated as the gateway to other files in the ceasefire accord that began to take effect on 11 October 2025.

While Cairo talks continued over the sequencing of the weapons file and first-phase obligations, the United States announced the start of Phase 2 of Donald Trump's plan, with the objective described as moving from a ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

Steve Witkoff wrote on X that "We are announcing the launch of Phase 2 of the president's 20-point plan aimed at ending the Gaza conflict, moving from a ceasefire to demilitarization, to technocratic governance and to the reconstruction" of the Gaza Strip, and Le Devoir similarly quoted the same launch language as Washington entered the second phase.

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Egypt announced a consensus among all parties on the names of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with administering the Gaza Strip, and mediators said former Palestinian deputy minister Ali Shaath would head the governance committee.

France 24 reported that the majority of Palestinian movements, including Hamas, and the Palestinian presidency expressed support for the technocratic committee, and it relayed that the movements said "support the mediators' efforts to form the Palestinian national transitional committee".

Le Devoir added that the talks also covered the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the reopening of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, and the entry of aid stockpiled on the Egyptian side, while it also said Israel would not begin talks on the next stage until the body of Ran Gvili was returned.

The National frames the stakes of the negotiations around whether Hamas will agree to surrender weapons, warning that if Hamas and other groups in Gaza do not agree to surrender their weapons, "the whole deal will crumble and the way back to hostilities will be wide open."

“Agreement on the creation of a Palestinian technocratic committee for Gaza”

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It also links Hamas's reluctance to its view of the right of armed resistance to occupation and to fears that without weapons it could be seen as easy prey to Israeli-backed militias inside Gaza, while it notes that Netanyahu's assertion that his military will occupy 70 per cent of Gaza has given credence to Hamas's worst fears.

Al-Jazeera Net says Hamas described the Cairo meetings as going "in a positive and constructive way" and said there is a consensus on a unified national stance on the roadmap for implementing the second phase, while it also says daily violations by the Israeli army of the ceasefire continue.

Al-Jazeera Net further states that the Gaza Health Ministry data says "981 Palestinians" have been martyred and "3,111" others injured, and it reports additional deaths and injuries from Israeli strikes, including the killing of Palestinian Islam Hassan Saleh (40) in the New Camp area north of the Deir al-Balah camp.

Against that backdrop, Le Figaro reports that Netanyahu agreed to join Trump's 'Peace Council' and that the charter project grants Trump broad powers, while Le Figaro also notes that under U.S. pressure a very fragile ceasefire went into effect on October 10 and that Netanyahu's government regularly threatens to resume the offensive if Hamas does not agree to disarm in accordance with its demands.