00:00Hamas says it has agreed to a deal announced on Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump to disarm the
00:06group 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, noting that the Board of Peace he created in January agreed
00:18to 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, first beginning with the complete disarmament
00:29of Hamas and all other groups and then moving on to the IDF's retreat.
00:34After both steps are completed, a technocratic government run by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will then be appointed
00:42to work alongside Palestinian officials to govern the territory and oversee its reconstruction.
00:49Trump did not detail a specific timeline in his announcement, but officials familiar with the matter have indicated that they
00:56expect the disarmament process to be completed within the coming two weeks.
01:00They added that Hamas' surrendering of heavy weapons and the decommissioning of his tunnels is a process expected to take
01:07between 200 to 350 days.
01:10Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stated that his country will not withdraw its troops from Gaza until all
01:18weapons are turned over and Hamas is dismantled.
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