Gaza: Trump announces Hamas 'complete disarmament' deal as Israel expresses reservations

Herz — World Desk · 1 August 2026 at 04:23 · 30s summary · 3 min read

What we know

Donald Trump announced on July 31, 2026 the conclusion of an agreement on 'complete disarmament' of Hamas in Gaza. The announcement was published on Truth Social, the microblogging social network of the Trump Media & Technology Group.

The agreement was reached within the framework of the Peace Council — an international organization created on January 15, 2026 at Trump's initiative — whose official mission is to promote stability and lasting peace in areas of conflict.

The plan contains 15 points. It was negotiated in Cairo, with Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey as mediators.

Under the terms of the agreement, Hamas would place its weapons under international supervision without handing them over directly to Israel. In return, Israeli forces would completely withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The text places both obligations on equal footing.

Israel expressed reservations, arguing that the plan does not meet its demands for complete demilitarization. Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli national security minister and leader of the far-right ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit party, called the process 'unacceptable.' According to Le Monde, Trump is simultaneously seeking to convince Israel to accept the plan.

Background

Hamas — partial acronym for ḥarakat al-muqāwma al-ʾislāmiyya — is a Palestinian Islamist and nationalist movement comprising a political branch and an armed wing.

Since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed, including at least 21,500 children, and more than 183,000 have been wounded. On the Israeli side, 1,200 people were killed during the Hamas attack in October 2023.

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