00:00Hamas says it has agreed to a deal announced on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump
00:05to disarm the group and pave the way for Israel withdrawal from Gaza and the reconstruction of the enclave.
00:11Trump earlier held the deal as historic and monumental,
00:15noting that the Board of Peace he created in January
00:18agreed to it to put to action his 20-point peace plan for Gaza.
00:22The deal, according to the U.S. President, will be carefully structured in phases,
00:26first beginning with the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other groups
00:31and then moving on to the IDF's retreat.
00:34After both steps are completed, a technocratic government run by former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair
00:41will then be appointed to work alongside Palestinian officials to govern the territory and oversee its reconstruction.
00:48Trump did not detail a specific timeline in his announcement,
00:52but officials familiar with the matter have indicated that they expect the disarmament process
00:58to be completed within the coming two weeks.
01:00They added that Hamas' surrendering of heavy weapons and the decommissioning of its tunnels
01:05is a process expected to take between 200 to 350 days.
01:11Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stated that his country will not withdraw its troops from Gaza
01:17until all weapons are turned over and Hamas is dismantled.
01:21Israeli Prime Minister Terra
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