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Mediators from the Board of Peace along with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are looking to implement Trump’s Gaza peace plan focusing on disarmament in through a new 15-point roadmap, Asharq Al-Awsat and Al-Akhbar reported.
According to Asharq Al-Awsat, the proposal would establish an ‘Implementation Verification Committee’ with guarantor states, the International Stabilisation Force and the Board of Peace, while Hamas would have no direct or indirect role in governing Gaza.
The strip would be governed under ‘one authority, one law, one weapon,’ with weapons phased out through a gradual, monitored process, while the National Committee for Gaza Administration would have sole authority over licencing.
A social peace agreement would ban infighting and armed displays, while Israel would withdraw in phases, tied to verified progress in weapons collection, and reconstruction materials would enter only areas cleared of weapons and under the National Committee’s administration.
Meanwhile, Al-Akhbar claimed the roadmap included a proposal that stiuplated weapons would be held by Palestinian security agencies and not handed over to Israel, claiming the plan linked the disarmament of the resistance groups with dismantling the weapons of client militias, addressing a sticking point that had threatened process.
The roadmap also provides for a gradual withdrawal to the Gaza border by Israel, tied to tangible progress on disarmament, claiming that despite reports of a positive atmosphere, a senior Hamas source expressed scepticism, saying Israel habitually reneges on its commitments and creates crises.
However, Reuters highlighted a potential issue with the roadmap and the Al-Akhbar report, claiming that Israel had quietly issued new maps of Gaza marking an expanded restricted area with an orange line, (image from Warfront Witness), stating the zone, together with the existing yellow ceasefire line, places nearly two-thirds (64%) of the Strip under effective military control.
The military says the area is for aid coordination and does not affect civilians, but displaced Palestinians living there fear being deemed targets, and at least three aid workers have been killed in the zone since mid-March, while residents report confusion as lines often shift without warning.
