“The threat that emerged from Gaza on October 7 will NOT be allowed to rebuild,” Trump wrote.
By United with Israel Staff
President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that the Board of Peace has reached what he called a “historic agreement” for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza, marking what he described as a major breakthrough toward ending the war and establishing a new Palestinian administration in the Strip.
The announcement came after a day of reports from Israeli and Arab media indicating significant progress in negotiations in Cairo. Earlier Thursday, regional sources said Hamas had agreed in principle to transfer its weapons to a third party and relinquish control of Gaza’s civilian administration as part of an Egyptian-mediated framework. Israeli officials confirmed that talks were moving in a positive direction but cautioned that no final agreement had yet been reached.
In a statement posted Thursday evening, Trump declared: “Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY.”
Trump said the agreement would pave the way for Gaza to be governed by a new Palestinian government working alongside the Board of Peace while ensuring Israel’s security by preventing the territory from again becoming a base for terrorist attacks.
He described the deal as “a major milestone” in his Trump 20-Point Plan, saying it would be implemented in carefully structured phases. As Hamas completes its disarmament, Israeli forces would withdraw while an International Stabilization Force and a new Palestinian police force assume responsibility for security in Gaza.
“The threat that emerged from Gaza on October 7 will NOT be allowed to rebuild,” Trump wrote.
He thanked Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey for their mediation efforts, along with his own negotiating team, and concluded, “Congratulations to all on this amazing development, that everybody said could never be achieved!”
Earlier Thursday, the Board of Peace said negotiations with mediators in Cairo were continuing to make progress and released what it described as the roadmap for implementing the agreement.
According to the Board of Peace, the plan requires the dismantling of all heavy and light weapons without exception, as well as the destruction of Hamas’s tunnels, weapons depots, and weapons production facilities.
The organization said Hamas would have no governing role in Gaza, “neither openly nor behind the scenes,” once the process is complete. Authority would instead be transferred to a Palestinian administrative committee under the principle of “one authority, one law, and one weapon.” The Board said implementation would proceed in phases, with each step by one side triggering the next step by the other.
Former U.N. Middle East envoy Nikolay Mladenov, who heads the Board of Peace, welcomed the breakthrough while cautioning that implementation would determine its success.
“It took months of very difficult negotiations to get here,” Mladenov wrote on X. “What the agreement says matters. What happens next matters even more.”
He stressed that Israeli withdrawals must proceed in lockstep with verified disarmament and thanked Trump, the United States, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, the UAE, and the U.N. Security Council for supporting the negotiations.
Regional reports earlier Thursday said the framework requires Hamas to surrender its entire military infrastructure, including light and heavy weapons, tunnels, weapons depots, and manufacturing sites. Hamas would also halt all military activity, including rearming and recruiting new operatives, while a multinational force would supervise the decommissioning and storage of the weapons.
The reports also stated that Israel would not withdraw from its designated security line in Gaza until complete disarmament had been verified.
Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, a member of the group’s negotiating team, acknowledged the agreement in an interview with Al Jazeera but emphasized that the terrorist organization views disarmament as conditional.
“The negotiations were difficult and tough,” Hamad said. “We fought to achieve the best possible framework for our Palestinian people in Gaza.”
He argued that the agreement encompasses Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, reconstruction, the deployment of international forces, and the transfer of governing authority to a Palestinian committee, insisting that limitations on Hamas’s weapons would only occur after Israel fulfills its own obligations under the agreement.
Despite Trump’s announcement, Israeli officials remain skeptical that Hamas will ultimately surrender its weapons, stressing that Israel will accept nothing short of complete and verifiable disarmament. Officials also rejected any arrangement that would merely place Hamas’s weapons in storage while allowing the terrorist organization to retain the ability to rearm in the future.
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