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Martin Kear, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

Trump is hailing it as a ‘breakthrough’, but will Hamas actually disarm in Gaza?

US President Donald Trump has announced that Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza have agreed to disarm. He’s calling it a “critical step” toward lasting peace and security in the strip.

Trump said Hamas’ disarmament would allow for a Palestinian committee to take over governing in Gaza and Israel’s military withdrawal from the enclave, as mandated under his 20-point peace plan, to which Hamas and Israel agreed last October.

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