What's in the Gaza peace deal roadmap?

ByYolande Knell

Middle East correspondent, Reporting fromJerusalem

Hamas says it has accepted a disarmament program for Gaza which volition spot it laic down its arms - a determination US President Donald Trump has described arsenic "a monumental measurement toward lasting bid and security".

The radical said it had negotiated "responsibly and positively" and reached "national consensus" among the Palestinian factions.

Israel – which remains highly sceptical astir Hamas's willingness to disarm – says it volition not retreat from Gaza until it does so.

In summation to a 15-point roadmap published by the US-led Board of Peace, the BBC has seen a four-page program for the phased disarmament of Hamas and gradual Israeli withdrawal.

Hamas giving up its weapons - arsenic predicted - has been a main sticking constituent successful advancing President Trump's 20-point program for ending the warfare successful Gaza.

That plan, unveiled successful September past year, included the instauration of the Board of Peace to oversee the agreement's implementation and "handle the backing for the redevelopment of Gaza".

The principles successful the roadmap and the papers seen by the BBC say: "A process shall statesman to inventory and store dense weapons, subject accumulation sites, weapons depots, and tunnels". It says this is conditional connected Israel gathering its commitments nether the archetypal ceasefire statement reached successful October past year.

This clause inactive sounds similar a important breakthrough.

The process would beryllium overseen by the Palestinian National Committee - a radical of autarkic technocrats to which Hamas has agreed to manus implicit powerfulness - and with the deployment of the International Stabilisation Force to Gaza. The papers refers not conscionable to Hamas but different Palestinian factions joining the disarmament process.

The roadmap documents past links this "to a phased Israeli withdrawal" and specifies that "no weapons shall beryllium transferred oregon handed implicit to Israel oregon to immoderate non-Palestinian party".

The nonstop mechanics of however the handover of weapons would enactment is not clear. It is believed that each dense weapons – including Hamas's remaining rockets - and different subject hardware would beryllium moved into a unafraid retention managed by the National Committee. As yet, the committee has not entered Gaza. It has been moving from Cairo.

In presumption of timeframe, the papers we person seen says lone that this would hap "in a gradual, sequential, and time-bound manner, based connected an implementation docket to beryllium prepared wrong 14 days."

Hamas has since said giving up its dense weapons is contingent connected Israel ending "all forms of aggression" and withdrawing its forces from Gaza.

Israel's committedness to ending its onslaught connected Gaza is simply a "fundamental prerequisite" for moving guardant with the deal, the radical said successful a statement.

Underground passageway networks, weapons stores and manufacturing sites would beryllium mapped and destroyed.

Remaining idiosyncratic arms and constabulary weapons would request to beryllium registered and handed implicit successful stages to the caller Palestinian constabulary unit moving nether the supervision of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF). Hundreds of caller Palestinian constabulary recruits person already been trained successful Egypt and Jordan. Israel's furniture precocious approved immoderate 200 planetary troops from "friendly countries" entering Gaza arsenic portion of the ISF, but it has not yet been deployed.

Hamas has been seeking assurances that pro-Israel militia successful Gaza volition beryllium dismantled and volition besides springiness up their arms.

Israel is profoundly sceptical astir Hamas' willingness to springiness up its weapons oregon its power successful Gaza.

Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said via Telegram, external the program is "not acceptable" to Israel.

Israeli officials person insisted that determination volition beryllium nary Israeli withdrawal from the Yellow Line - which demarcates the country it controls - earlier Hamas is disarmed.

What makes this much unclear is that Israel presently controls much than the 53% of Gaza successful which its troops were acceptable to stay nether the presumption of the October ceasefire deal. As the BBC has precocious reported, yellowish factual blocks delineating the Yellow Line person been moved westwards truthful that Israel controls much than 60% of the strip.

Part of the papers seen by the BBC is an annex. This requires Israeli forces to retreat to the agreed Yellow Line "within 24 hours of the Israeli government's support of the plan." It says they should not instrumentality "as agelong arsenic Hamas complies with the implementation of the agreement."

Hamas announced earlier this period that it had dissolved its authorities successful Gaza and was preparing to transportation powerfulness to the National Committee arsenic portion of the ceasefire deal. In negotiations it has wanted to guarantee that the tens of thousands of civilian servants that its authorities employed successful Gaza anterior to the warfare should beryllium compensated oregon fixed caller jobs.

The nationalist workers see Hamas constabulary and information forces but besides wellness and acquisition staff. Many, though not all, are apt to beryllium supporters of Hamas.

The program agrees to dainty each nationalist employees "lawfully, fairly, and with dignity regarding their rights."

It remains to beryllium seen what information vetting volition beryllium utilized for civilian servants moving with the National Committee.

In caller talks connected advancing Trump's bid plan, Hamas has been enactment nether aggravated unit from determination mediators - who were themselves being pushed by Washington to amusement progress.

The caller assignment of the Hamas main negotiator, Khalil al-Hayya arsenic wide person of the group - replacing a five-member assembly - has simplified decision-making. He has beardown backing from Gaza members and the Hamas equipped wing.

Regional events whitethorn besides person played a relation successful timing. Early successful the Iran war, Hamas officials were said to beryllium taking much hardline positions, hoping that Tehran - a backer of the radical - would look victorious and that this would fortify their position. Those adjacent to Hamas, accidental they person since mislaid anticipation successful this idea.

Palestinian officials progressive successful the talks suggest the caller enactment was acceptable to instrumentality this landmark governmental determination driven by the devastating humanitarian conditions successful Gaza.

The announcement has, truthful far, been met with small enthusiasm successful Gaza, though immoderate radical told the BBC they saw a glimmer of hope. After years of failed ceasefires and collapsed agreements, galore Palestinians person grown profoundly sceptical of a caller governmental deal.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed to the BBC earlier reports of an Israeli onslaught connected Gaza conscionable hours aft Trump announced the deal, successful which it was reported that respective Palestinians were injured.

More than 2 cardinal Palestinians are surviving successful unspeakable conditions successful Gaza, battling disease, a deficiency of entree to food, cleanable water, and capable shelter.

These radical are surviving successful a shrinking chunk of land, as Israel continues to physique onshore barriers, further displacing families and expanding its "Yellow Line" impermanent power country deeper into the territory.

At slightest 1,168 Palestinians including children person been killed successful Israeli attacks since the ceasefire took effect, according to figures from the Hamas wellness ministry whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.

Four Israeli soldiers person been killed successful Palestinian attacks successful Gaza implicit the aforesaid period.

Israel has destroyed much than 1,500 buildings successful areas of Gaza that person remained nether its power since the ceasefire, outer images seen by BBC Verify past November showed. The existent fig is apt overmuch higher, with imagery unavailable for immoderate areas.

According to UN estimates, astir 60 cardinal tonnes of debris has been generated since October 2023.