Hamas says it has met its ceasefire obligations as UAE backs disarmament deal

What happened

• The Board of Peace announced on Friday, 31 July, that Hamas committed to relinquishing all weapons, to be followed by Israeli withdrawal.
• The roadmap builds on UN Security Council Resolution 2803 and Trump's 20-point plan, reviving the stalled Sharm el-Sheikh Protocol.
• An International Verification Committee of guarantor states, the Board of Peace and the stabilisation force is to verify the withdrawal timetable.
• The technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, which says it is ready to govern, would take over administration.
• Washington thanked Egypt, Qatar and Turkey for mediating; the UAE praised the same three mediators.

The view from outside

Only Russian state agency TASS carries the Hamas representative's count of 1,200 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire was signed, a figure absent from the Emirati and Israeli reporting and not independently confirmed. TASS also reports Hamas refused to discuss disarmament during earlier talks until political conditions were met.

What could happen next

• The stabilisation force still lacks personnel, and the new Palestinian police force foreseen in the deal has yet to be formed.
• No public timetable exists for the phased Israeli withdrawal or for decommissioning weapons.
• Who physically collects and stores heavy weapons, and in what order relative to the withdrawal, remains unsettled.
• Hamas ties elections to reconstruction and the national committee starting work; no date has been named.