President Trump announced Friday that the Gaza Peace Council has reached a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all armed groups in the Strip, with implementation expected within 200 to 300 days, according to a report by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS) citing American officials. The phased plan involves collecting light weapons for the local police, heavy weapons and tunnels to be handled by an International Stabilization Force, and personal weapons under the authority of the technocratic government. American officials said Israel signed the agreement despite skepticism that Hamas would disarm.
President Trump announced early Friday that the Gaza Peace Council has finalized a historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all armed groups in the Gaza Strip. American officials, speaking to Amichai Stein (i24NEWS), provided new specifics: the disarmament process will be implemented over 200 to 300 days. Light weapons will be collected first and transferred to the local police. Heavy weapons and the tunnel network will be handled by the International Stabilization Force, while personal weapons will fall under the authority of the technocratic government. The plan will be applied sector by sector, with each area undergoing verification before moving to the next.
The announcement follows a sequence of developments reported by The Zioneer over the past 24 hours. At 16:06 Jerusalem on Thursday, a diplomat familiar with the talks told The Zioneer that the disarmament roadmap was advancing in Cairo, built on reciprocity and verification, with a US-led International Stabilization Force coordinating security. At 21:17 Jerusalem Thursday, sources reported that Hamas had agreed to all clauses of Trump's plan. In the early hours of Friday, a Peace Council official told N12 that Hamas and Palestinian factions had agreed to a complete disarmament of Gaza under a "zero trust" framework requiring independent verification at every stage. A Peace Council source told ynet at 02:34 Jerusalem that police weapons would be the first to be collected. Then at 05:13 Jerusalem, President Trump confirmed the breakthrough, adding that Israeli forces would withdraw upon verified completion of the weapons handover.
The current update from American officials adds the specific implementation timeline of 200–300 days and details the phased weapons collection process. The officials said that Israel has been working with the US throughout the process and has signed the agreement, despite skepticism that Hamas would disarm. They emphasized that the deal is a binding commitment from all parties and that there is no attempt to prevent its implementation.
As The Zioneer reported on Tuesday, July 7, Hamas announced the dissolution of its governing apparatus in Gaza and expressed readiness to transfer weapons to the Peace Council, which welcomed the announcement but said it expects practical actions. While the diplomatic framework has now been formalized, the question of whether Hamas will follow through on disarmament remains open, with verification mechanisms yet to be tested.
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