Palestinians sit in a broken home, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, within the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2025.
Ramadan Abed | Reuters
An settlement for the “full disarmament” of Hamas in Gaza can solely be agreed if the U.S. and Israel honor previous commitments they’ve made, an official with the group mentioned Friday.
President Donald Trump mentioned at a Cupboard assembly later Friday that Israel is “very glad” in regards to the deal, however cautioned that it’s going to seemingly “undergo its ups and downs” earlier than it’s finalized.
“I’ve an understanding with Israel,” Trump mentioned throughout the assembly at Camp David when requested if he has obtained assurances from Tel Aviv.
“Israel helped us, and so they’ve been superb. They have been superb about it,” Trump mentioned.
The feedback at Camp David got here a day after Trump mentioned the U.S.-led Board of Peace has reached an settlement to disarm Hamas and all different armed teams in Gaza, a step he solid as a breakthrough in implementing his 20-point plan to finish the Iran warfare and set up a brand new Palestinian authorities.
“This can be a monumental step towards lasting PEACE and SECURITY,” Trump wrote on Reality Social on Thursday. Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza “as disarmament is accomplished,” he mentioned, with an Worldwide Stabilization Drive working alongside a brand new Palestinian police pressure to safe the territory.
Talking to Reuters on Friday, Hamas official Ghazi Hamad mentioned the group wouldn’t disarm till Israel ended its assaults in Gaza, elevated the circulate of products and assist, and pulled again its forces, per a ceasefire settlement reached final yr.
“We insisted to the mediators that Israel should abide by the settlement,” he mentioned.
If carried out, the proposal would mark a breakthrough in Trump’s Gaza peace plan, doubtlessly paving the best way for reconstruction of the devastated enclave. All through the warfare that started in late February, Trump has additionally repeatedly mentioned the U.S. and Iran are getting ready to an settlement to finish the warfare.
However the lack of clear affirmation from all concerned events leaves room for uncertainty. Trump’s declare {that a} Gaza deal is in hand additionally echoes his repeated insistence that the U.S. is getting ready to victory in Iran, which has now stretched previous 5 months for ever and ever.
Disarming Hamas has been the central impediment within the second part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which additionally covers Gaza’s reconstruction. Hamas and Israel signed on to Trump’s ceasefire deal final October, and the Board of Peace was established to supervise demilitarization, deploy a multinational stabilization pressure and safe an Israeli withdrawal.
Talks stalled for months as Hamas connected in depth situations to giving up its arsenal, and the group argued in Could that any handover of weapons have to be tied to a framework culminating in Palestinian statehood.
Israel has not responded to Trump’s announcement. CNBC has reached out to Hamas, and the governments of Qatar, Egypt and Israel for remark.
The roadmap mentioned in Cairo would switch authority in phases to the U.S.-backed Nationwide Committee for the Administration of Gaza below the precept of “one authority, one regulation, one weapon,” together with the elimination of tunnels, arms stockpiles, and weapons manufacturing services.
Trump additionally thanked the mediators and mentioned the risk that emerged from Gaza on Oct. 7 “will NOT be allowed to rebuild.”
