Hamas agrees to deal for disarmament, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza

Hamas said Friday it agreed to a deal ending the Gaza war, resolving the group's disarmament and setting terms for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from the territory.

US President Donald Trump announced the agreement Thursday, calling Hamas's disarmament a critical step toward forming a new Palestinian government in Gaza.

Did Hamas agree to disarmament in Gaza?

Yes. Hamas confirmed Friday it accepted a roadmap for the complete disarmament of its fighters, tying weapons handover to Israel's phased troop withdrawal from Gaza. A committee formed under Trump's Board of Peace will oversee storage of the group's weapons, while mediators are expected to ensure Israel meets its own obligations under the deal.

Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas's negotiating team, said the movement was making concessions "for the sake of our people in the Gaza Strip, to save them from killing and displacement." He said Israel would not be involved in disarmament directly, describing the National Committee for Administration of Gaza (NCAG) as the body responsible for that task. Israel had not issued an immediate statement on the agreement.

Violence has continued in Gaza despite the October ceasefire. Israeli strikes killed at least four people on Thursday, including two children, according to health officials in the territory.

What role will the National Committee play in Gaza?

The Board of Peace said on X that Hamas had agreed to a detailed roadmap for implementing the ceasefire's next phases. It added that the NCAG would soon begin a phased transition toward full governing authority in Gaza.

Trump wrote separately that once Hamas's disarmament is complete, Israeli forces will withdraw and the International Stabilization Force will work alongside a new Palestinian police force to secure Gaza for residents and neighboring states. Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace's high representative for Gaza, said the deal took months of difficult negotiations and that its execution now matters most.

"What happens next matters even more. Implementation and verification have to be real," Mladenov wrote, adding that withdrawal must move in step with decommissioning.

What happens next in the Gaza ceasefire roadmap?

Egypt's state-linked Al-Qahera News reported that Cairo will soon host a meeting of Gaza ceasefire mediators, including the United States, Qatar and Turkey, to discuss the plan's second phase. A diplomatic source told AFP that the roadmap offers a pragmatic path toward decommissioning all weapons and transferring authority to a technocratic government.

The source said there would be "no exceptions for certain weapons or certain people," describing the goal as one authority, one law and one weapon. The roadmap is also meant to create a process for eliminating tunnels, weapons depots and any arms production sites, with a verification mechanism to confirm compliance from each side.

A source familiar with the talks said Hamas was awaiting Israel's response to amendments it recently submitted on two articles in the roadmap. On the article addressing weapons, the source said some points were removed and alternatives proposed.

What does Israel say about the disarmament deal?

Before the announcement, an Israeli political source told AFP the proposed agreement did not satisfactorily meet Israel's demands. The source said Israel is seeking Hamas's complete disarmament, including the removal of weapons from Gaza and full demilitarization of the territory as a precondition for any process.

The source added that Gaza was not raised at all during this week's meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump in Washington.