US EditionHamas Official Says the Group Ready to Discuss 'Freezing or Storing' Its Weapons
Hamas is open to discussing a weapons freeze contingent on Palestinian statehood and Israeli withdrawal, a shift amid US-mediated ceasefire talks and ongoing conflict pressures.
- On Sunday, Basem Naim, a Hamas politburo member, said he would 'talk about' shelving the group's arsenal in Doha, urging a comprehensive approach to avoid further escalations and framing it as part of a ceasefire process.
- Phase two of the plan involves troop withdrawal, an international stabilisation force, and Hamas disarmament, with discussions expected later this month between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump.
- Naim conditioned any weapons 'storing' on guarantees including a concrete pathway to Palestinian statehood, suggested a five or 10 year truce, and defended the Oct. 7 attack as an 'act of defense'.
- Israeli officials warn that progress hinges on Hamas disarming, while potential ISF contributors prefer deploying only after Hamas is dismantled amid Gaza's devastation from over 70,000 deaths and displacement of nearly 2 million.
- An international board led by President Donald Trump will oversee Gaza’s reconstruction as US leverage with Qatar and Turkey secured nearly 2,000 prisoner releases, leaving one captive remaining.
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The first phase of the plan, associated with the traffic which entered into force on 10 October, before the delivery of the pensions — dead and alive — held in Gaza, in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Israel
Hamas says it is open to a 'weapons freeze' instead of disarmament for Gaza truce: Report
A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons 'freeze', but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza.
A total disarmament would be "unacceptable", but a Hamas leader proposed this Wednesday to freeze the armament of the movement, in exchange for a lasting truce in Gaza. He also said he was open to the presence of an international peacekeeping force at the border of the Palestinian territory with Israel."What is proposed is a freeze, or a storage (arms) (...) in order to provide guarantees against any military escalation from Gaza with the Israel…
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