Cairo Talks Advance Competing Hamas Disarmament Roadmaps
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Mediators in Cairo are advancing talks on a roadmap for Gaza's next phase, but sources gave conflicting accounts of what Hamas would surrender. A diplomatic source said the plan requires all heavy and light weapons to pass to the technocratic Gaza committee, with tunnels, depots and production facilities dismantled under verification. A Hamas-linked source instead described agreed language for handing over and storing weapons, conditioned on an Israeli withdrawal and a halt to targeted killings, while Israeli-informed sources called the direction full capitulation. It remains unclear whether Israel and Hamas will approve the same text.
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Sources factually disagree on the roadmap's weapons terms: The Jerusalem Post's diplomatic source says all heavy and light weapons would come under the Gaza committee's control and all tunnels, depots and production sites would be eliminated; Ynet's Hamas-linked source says weapons would be handed over and stored under an agreed mechanism, while its Israeli-informed sources describe complete disarmament; The National previously reported phased collection, inventory and storage. The remaining facts are uniform: Cairo mediators are working on a phased Gaza roadmap and Hamas's weapons remain the central obstacle.
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