Hamas has 90 days to hand over its heavy weaponry and maps to its sprawling underground terror tunnels, a new disarmament proposal delivered by Gaza cease-fire mediators show.
The proposal requires all terrorist groups in Gaza, which include Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other armed outfits, to completely disarm over the next several months, The Times of Israel reported.
Hamas received the disarmament framework in Cairo at a meeting headed by President Trump’s Board of Peace Gaza representative, Nickolay Mladenov, this month.
The proposal also creates a gun-buyback program, which could grant immunity to terrorists who willingly hand over their firearms.
“[The disarmament plan] can unlock reconstruction, breathe life into communities, and bring closer to unity and a negotiated resolution of the Palestinian question,” Mladenov said Thursday.
Mladenov went on to say that rebuilding Gaza hinges on “full decommissioning by Hamas and every armed group, with no exceptions and no carve-outs.”
The terror group has reportedly shown flexibility on relinquishing its heavy weaponry — such as rocket launchers and missiles — but has refused to negotiate on delivering its guns, which Hamas says it needs for self-defense.
Iran and Hamas signed on to Trump’s 20-point cease-fire plan in October 2025, which ended the war in Gaza. The plan calls for Hamas to disarm as Israeli forces gradually withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
A non-partisan technocratic government overseen by the Board of Peace would govern the strip, and an International Stabilization Force would replace IDF troops in the areas they withdraw from.
The weapons handover would go region by region, beginning in Southern Gaza, with reconstruction in the strip advancing as the area becomes demilitarized.
The proposal also calls for Israel to lift caps on humanitarian aid that can enter Gaza.
Israel has long demanded that Hamas turn over all of its weaponry at once, but mediating countries concluded that the demand wasn’t realistic.
Israeli officials did not object to the proposal, but there is widespread skepticism that Hamas — the terror group responsible for the barbaric Oct. 7, 2023 attacks — would be willing to surrender its weapons.
Hamas is expected to respond to the proposal as early as next week.
