Hamas wants guarantees of Israeli troop withdrawal before disarmament talks, sources say
This photo of a TV screen shows the new spokesperson for the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in Bureij refugee camp Central of Gaza Strip on December 29, 2025. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES) Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit Gaza as laid out in a disarmament plan from US President Donald Trump 's "Board of Peace," three sources told Reuters. Hamas ' disarmament is a sticking point in talks to implement Trump's plan for the Palestinian enclave and cement an October ceasefire that halted two years of full-blown war. A Hamas delegation met with Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday to give their initial response to a disarmament proposal presented to the group last month, two Egyptian sources and a Palestinian official said. Hamas conveyed several demands and amendments to the board's plan, including an end to what they cal...