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Trump’s Gaza disarmament roadmap
U.S. President Donald Trump announced late on Thursday that Hamas had approved a disarmament plan for Gaza, with a senior US official warning that “We’re not asking Israel to do anything that isn’t in the 20-point plan that they agreed to initially.”
“We’re not asking Israel to do anything that isn’t in the 20-point plan that they agreed to initially”
The Times of Israel reported that the warning came during a briefing with reporters after Trump’s announcement, and it said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement saying the disarmament proposal did not meet Israel’s demands for “a full demilitarization of Gaza.”
The same Times of Israel account said a Board of Peace official described a 14-day period after Hamas’s authorization during which the sides would finalize the timeline for implementing each subsequent step of the disarmament framework.
Al Jazeera later described the roadmap as aiming at “the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza,” and it said Israel must withdraw its forces over a period of time as disarmament proceeds.
Al Jazeera also reported that mediators from Egypt, Qatar, Turkiye and the US had finalized the roadmap for this next phase of the ceasefire, with Egypt expected to host further talks to ensure compliance.
Hamas ties steps to withdrawal
Hamas negotiator Ghazi Hamad told Al Jazeera that the group’s implementation of the agreement would be dependent on Israel fulfilling its commitments, saying, “Hamas will not implement any step of the Gaza peace deal if the Israeli occupation forces do not fulfil their obligations under the agreement.”
The Times of Israel reported that Hamad said the storage of Hamas’s weapons is contingent on a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the dismantling of militias backed by Israel, and it said Hamas would place weapons in storage only after the commitments of the first phase of the ceasefire are fulfilled.
Al Jazeera said the agreement’s schedule includes “an inventory of Hamas’s weapons” to be prepared within 14 days, with extensions permitted only if agreed by an international verification commission and all parties involved.
Al Jazeera also reported that a Palestinian National Committee would oversee and execute the inventory and storage process and be the sole entity to hold, store or control weapons in Gaza.
The Times of Israel added that once the timeline is locked in, the Board of Peace would begin holding Israel to its commitments from the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire, and it said Israel would withdraw to the original Yellow Line established in that ceasefire.
Compliance, pressure, and unresolved risks
Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani spoke by phone with Khalil al-Hayya and welcomed Hamas’s decision to accept the roadmap for completing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
“to press Israel to fulfill its obligations under the agreement”
In that call, Qatar’s foreign ministry statement said the international community must “press Israel to fulfill its obligations under the agreement,” and it stressed halting ongoing violations of the rights of the Palestinian people to ensure full implementation of the roadmap.
Al Jazeera reported that the announcement came against a backdrop of deep Palestinian distrust of Israel due to its failure to adhere to previous agreements, and it said Israel has continued to restrict humanitarian aid from entering Gaza and expanded its so-called “Yellow Line” further into the Strip.
The Al Jazeera account also said Israel has not publicly agreed to the latest proposal and Hamas said it will not implement any part of the deal unless Israeli forces fulfil their own obligations to withdraw from Gaza under the agreement.
Al Jazeera further stated that since the US-brokered ceasefire supposedly came into effect on October 10, 2025, Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,100 Palestinians, while it also described repeated displacement and severe shortages of food, medicine and shelter continuing alongside the diplomatic push.
