&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "‘Weapons handover out of question’: Hamas official says disarmament ‘not negotiable’ despite ceasefire in Gaza")
Hamas’s disarmament as part of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan is “out of the question” and “not negotiable,” a Hamas official said. The statement comes as the ceasefire takes effect in Gaza after the Palestinian militant group and Israel signed the first phase of Trump’s plan, which includes hostage and prisoner exchange and withdrawal of Israeli troops from the war-torn territory.
“The proposed weapons handover is out of the question and not negotiable,” the official told AFP.
The US president has indicated that the issue of Hamas surrendering its weapons would be addressed in the second phase of the peace plan.
Meanwhile, in an interview with AFP, Hamas political bureau member Hossam Badran said that the Palestinian militant group would not take part in the formal signing of the Gaza peace deal in Egypt. He added that it “acted principally through... Qatari and Egyptian mediators” during the ceasefire talks.
“The matter of the official signing – we will not be involved,” Hamas political bureau member Hossam Badran told AFP in an interview on Saturday (Oct 11).
“We hope that we will not return to (war), but our Palestinian people and the resistance force will undoubtedly confront and use all their capabilities to repel this aggression if this battle is imposed,” he added.
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While the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan in Gaza is being implemented, with the ceasefire in effect now, Badran stated that negotiations over phase two of the deal will be “complex and difficult.” He further added that it was “absurd” for the Palestinian militant group to leave Gaza after the war ends.
