A report from Axios, quoting informed sources, indicates that the White House and the U.S. National Security Council believe that Hamas may agree in the coming days to a gradual disarmament agreement as part of broader arrangements for managing the Gaza Strip after the conflict.
According to the report, mediators and the U.S. administration are adhering to a plan that involves placing all of the movement's weapons, including personal arms, under the full control of a Palestinian technocratic committee. This committee would manage and oversee the weapons under an international monitoring mechanism, ultimately transferring powers to a technocratic government based on the principle of "one authority, one law, and one weapon."
The sources added that the proposed roadmap includes dismantling tunnels, weapons depots, and manufacturing installations, and ending Hamas's military infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, effectively terminating Hamas’s military or administrative roles upon the agreement's full implementation.
Conversely, informed sources noted that Hamas has shown a preliminary willingness to relinquish its heavy weaponry, but stipulated that a Palestinian technocratic committee and its affiliated police would handle the collection and storage of these arms, retaining individual weapons among its members at this stage.
The movement, according to the sources, ties any disarmament process to the commencement of a Palestinian technocratic government's responsibilities in the sector, securing funding for a "peace council," obtaining Israeli consent, and ensuring the agreement encompasses all Palestinian factions and other armed groups in Gaza.
In related news, the report mentioned that the Israeli Security Cabinet agreed on Sunday to allow an international stabilization force into a defined area in the city of Rafah, initially comprising around 200 troops from Morocco and Uganda. The Israeli government stressed that any expansion of the international forces' presence would remain contingent upon its prior approval.