Hamas Would Keep Some Weapons Initially in Draft Gaza Plan
#Hamas #Israel #Gaza Strip #Ceasefire negotiations #Disarmament #Enclave #Military withdrawal
📌 Key Takeaways
- Hamas reportedly intends to keep some weapons during the early stages of a proposed peace plan.
- Israel refuses to initiate a full military withdrawal until all militant groups lay down their arms.
- The disagreement over disarmament creates a significant deadlock in ceasefire negotiations.
- International mediators are struggling to bridge the gap between territorial control and militant demilitarization.
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🏷️ Themes
Geopolitics, Military Conflict, Diplomacy
📚 Related People & Topics
Gaza Strip
Autonomous territory in the Middle East
The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Gaza is bordered by Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the east and north. Its capital and la...
Disarmament
Act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons, usually on a national scale
Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons. Disarmament generally refers to a country's military or a specific type of weaponry. Disarmament is often taken to mean total elimination of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear arms.
Israel
Country in West Asia
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel occupies the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories, as well as...
Hamas
Islamist Palestinian political and paramilitary organization
The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation with a military wing known as the al-Qassam Brigades. It has governed the Israe...
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📄 Original Source Content
Israel is unlikely to withdraw its troops from the enclave before Hamas and other militant groups lay down their arms.