{"id":23008,"date":"2025-10-11T18:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=23008"},"modified":"2025-10-11T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T18:04:14","slug":"hamas-official-says-disarmament-out-of-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=23008","title":{"rendered":"Hamas official says disarmament \u2018out of the question\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Hamas\u2019s disarmament as part of US President Donald Trump\u2019s peace plan for Gaza is \u201cout of the question,\u201d a Hamas official told AFP on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proposed weapons handover is out of the question and not negotiable,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>The US president has indicated the issue of Hamas surrendering its weapons would be addressed in the second phase of the peace plan.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: Gaza civil defence reports return of 200,000 residents after truce begins<\/p>\n<p>The 20-point plan promises amnesty to Hamas members who decommission their weapons and says they will be allowed to leave Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas official was speaking as a ceasefire holds in Gaza ahead of Monday\u2019s 72-hour deadline for the release of Israeli hostages held since Hamas\u2019s October 7, 2023 attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas\u2019s disarmament and the pullback of Israeli forces are seen as key sticking points for Trump\u2019s plan despite rising hopes for the end of two years of devastating war.<\/p>\n<p>On October 1, Hamas officials said they wanted amendments to clauses in U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s Gaza peace plan, including those related to disarmament.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read:\u00a0Hamas, Israel sign ceasefire deal, rekindling hopes for peace in Gaza<\/p>\n<p>Hamas negotiators, during talks with Turkish, Egyptian, and Qatari officials in Doha, conveyed their conditions a day before issuing the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s plan called for the group\u2019s disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. But Hamas sources said they sought to amend the clauses on disarmament and the expulsion of Hamas and faction members.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas also said it wanted \u201cinternational guarantees for a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip\u201d and assurances that no assassination attempts would be made inside or outside the territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas\u2019s disarmament as part of US President Donald Trump\u2019s peace plan for Gaza is \u201cout of the question,\u201d a Hamas official told AFP on Saturday. \u201cThe proposed weapons handover is out of the question and not negotiable,\u201d the official said. The US president has indicated the issue of Hamas surrendering its weapons would be addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}