US EditionHamas Official Says the Group Ready to Discuss 'Freezing or Storing' Its Weapons
Hamas offers to freeze or store weapons and transfer them to the Palestinian Authority if Israeli occupation ends, aiming to advance ceasefire implementation, a senior official said.
- On Sunday, Bassem Naim in Doha said Hamas is ready to discuss freezing or storing its weapons and offered to hand them over to the Palestinian Authority if the Israeli occupation ends, December 07, 2025.
- With the 20-point plan underpinning talks, officials say the vague ceasefire framework from President Donald Trump and the United Nations Security Council needs painstaking negotiation involving Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, aiming to address security forces, a Palestinian technocratic committee, Israeli troop withdrawal, and disarmament.
- Accepting U.N. deployment as monitors, Bassem Naim said Hamas accepts United Nations forces only to monitor borders and rejects any mandate to disarm, while Hamas and the Palestinian Authority agreed on a technocratic committee led by Majed Abu Ramadan.
- Israeli demands for disarmament could stall progress as hostage-prisoner exchanges continue and the sides prepare for a tougher second phase with the remains of one hostage still held.
- Several countries, including Indonesia, have offered troops to a stabilization force, U.S. officials expect 'boots on the ground' early next year, and Gaza faces extensive destruction with more than 70,000 Palestinians killed and unclear reconstruction funding.
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Hamas ready to discuss 'freezing or storing' its weapons in Gaza, group official says
Bassem Naim told AP that Hamas retains its 'right to resist' but added that the group is prepared to lay down its arms as part of a process aimed at establishing a Palestinian state. He provided few details on how this would work, but suggested the possibility of a long-term truce of five to ten years to allow for negotiations
Hamas official says the group ready to discuss ‘freezing or storing’ its weapons
Hamas is ready to discuss 'freezing or storing' its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel, a senior official said Sunday, offering a possible formula to resolve one of the thorniest issues in the U.S.-brokered agreement.
"If the occupation ends, these weapons will be placed under the authority of the state," said Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas leader for Gaza and the main negotiator of the Palestinian Islamist movement on Saturday.
The extremist group makes it clear that it will only do so if it is to deliver the weapons to a Palestinian authority that rules the Gaza Strip. Also, in the sport, Tondla receives this Sunday's FC Porto.
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