President Trump announced that his Board of Peace has secured an agreement for the complete, phased disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. The deal is framed as a major step in implementing his earlier 20-point plan and the Sharm el-Sheikh framework. Governance of Gaza would transfer to a new Palestinian technocratic body, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza. An international stabilization force would work with a rebuilt Palestinian police force. Israeli forces would withdraw in stages as disarmament advances. Mediators Egypt, Qatar, and Türkiye played central roles.
Trump called it historic. Hamas has confirmed it reached an understanding, but with conditions. Israel remains publicly skeptical and has not fully endorsed the sequencing. Far-right Israeli voices have rejected it outright. The agreement exists on paper. Whether it survives contact with reality is the open question.
#IntelBrief: If successful, the pact might stimulate the reconstruction of Gaza by paving the way for Hamas to hand political and military power to a technocratic governing committee and an International Stabilization Force (ISF).
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— The Soufan Center (@TheSoufanCenter) August 3, 2026
Why Hamas Came to the Table
Hamas did not suddenly discover the virtues of peace. Three years of war, targeted killings of its leadership, destruction of tunnels and rocket infrastructure, and the isolation of its external patrons produced a group under severe strain. The October 7, 2023 massacre and the subsequent campaign left Hamas militarily degraded and politically exposed.
Financial pressure was real. Traditional funding channels were disrupted. Qatar faced sustained American pressure and expelled some Hamas figures. Sanctions, wartime damage, and the loss of free movement of money left the organization struggling to pay salaries and maintain control. Hamas turned to taxing merchants and diverting aid into black-market levies, which further alienated ordinary Gazans already living under rubble and scarcity. Other Palestinian factions pushed for an end to the armed project so reconstruction could begin. Mediators made clear that continued rejection of demilitarization meant continued isolation and no path to rebuilding.
The broader regional picture mattered. Concurrent pressure on Iran and its proxies reduced the strategic depth Hamas once enjoyed. A terrorist organization that once calculated it could outlast Israel and outmaneuver mediators found itself with fewer options and a shrinking support base.
The Board of Peace has gotten Hamas to agree to disarm. This is monumental! Hamas has never been willing to even discuss it. Mediation was conducted by Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar. In other words, President Trump set up the Board of Peace so that the Muslim countries of the Middle…
— LANE_17 (@elaineakins449) August 3, 2026
The Terms and the Catch
The published roadmap calls for inventorying and storing heavy weapons, production sites, depots, and tunnels. Disarmament is supposed to be gradual, sequential, and verified. Israeli withdrawal is linked to those steps. Hamas insists Israel must first stop operations, pull back, and expand aid before any weapons handover begins. Israel has long insisted it will not withdraw until Hamas is actually disarmed. That sequencing gap is the central vulnerability.
Hamas has a long record of treating ceasefires as opportunities to rearm and regroup. Previous agreements were broken when convenient. The group’s founding charter and ideology remain incompatible with permanent coexistence alongside a Jewish state. Any deal that leaves residual capability, tunnels, or parallel power structures intact risks becoming another pause rather than a conclusion.
Who Was Involved
The Board of Peace, created under Trump’s plan, coordinated the effort. Egypt, Qatar, and Türkiye mediated. American officials ran the process and applied leverage on the external funders and hosts of Hamas leadership. Israel participated in the broader framework but has signaled deep distrust that Hamas will actually surrender the means of war. Palestinian technocrats are supposed to take over civilian administration, theoretically sidelining Hamas rule.
Will It Hold?
Paper agreements with terrorist organizations have a poor survival rate. Success requires verified destruction or irreversible control of weapons and tunnels, not storage under ambiguous authority. It requires an international force willing to confront residual militants rather than merely observe. It requires Israel to see tangible security gains before full withdrawal. And it requires Hamas to abandon the core project that defines it—armed rejection of Israel’s existence.
Trump’s approach applied sustained military, financial, and diplomatic pressure until Hamas calculated that continued rejection was more costly than limited concessions. That is how terrorist groups are sometimes forced to the table. Whether the concessions stick depends on enforcement, verification, and the refusal to accept half-measures dressed up as peace. History says skepticism is warranted. The alternative—leaving Hamas intact and rearmed—has already been tried.
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