President Trump on Friday praised a 15-point Roadmap for implementing his Comprehensive Peace Plan in Gaza, released the previous day by the Board of Peace. Trump said at Camp David that "It's a great breakthrough... Nobody's ever thought that would be possible, to disarm Hamas. That shows you how much success we're having with Iran because if you go 4 month ago, 5 months ago, a deal like that would've been impossible. It's a big step for the Middle East." He told reporters that "Israel is very happy" With the roadmap, though he acknowledged the complexity ahead: "Will it go through its ups and downs? It's a very complex situation over there; the people are very complex and difficult. Many cases wonderful, many cases not so wonderful."
The roadmap, reportedly accepted by Hamas, calls for the full disarmament of Hamas and bars it from governance in Gaza. Point 8 requires heavy weaponry to be transferred to an interim technocratic Palestinian governing body, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), while point 9 allows personal weapons to be regulated under Palestinian law, potentially permitting Hamas operatives to retain small arms.
The NCAG welcomed the roadmap as a "milestone" For Palestinians in Gaza and stated its "full readiness to assume its responsibilities" To govern the Strip, describing its mission as serving Gaza through "a Palestinian administration characterized by efficiency, transparency, and accountability, guided by the principle of one authority, one law, and one security apparatus." The committee added that it aims to rebuild Gaza while contributing to making it "safe, stable, and prosperous, governed through legitimate Palestinian institutions, grounded in the rule of law."
Hamas official Ghazi Hamad told Reuters that his organization agreed to the roadmap's conditions but would not pledge to disarm. He said Hamas would proceed only after Israel stops strikes in Gaza and withdraws forces to the October 7, 2023 border. The roadmap stipulates that Gaza weapons would not be handed over to Israel or non-Palestinian parties.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir criticized the agreement, calling it "not acceptable to Israel." He wrote that following the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, "a commitment to cease the eliminations of the terrorist organization's murderers is tantamount to consenting for Hamas to regroup toward the next massacre. The targeted killings in Gaza must continue, encouraging emigration must happen, Israel must win."