A senior political bureau official in Hamas told Al Manassa the movement will submit its response on Friday to a proposal put forward by the US-led “Board of Peace”, signaling it will avoid an outright rejection despite broad factional opposition.
The board, chaired by US President Donald Trump, presented the written proposal during meetings in Cairo last week. It outlines a mechanism for the disarmament of Palestinian resistance—both heavy and light weapons—in exchange for amnesty.
The Hamas official, speaking to Al Manassa on condition of anonymity, said the movement will deliver a detailed counterproposal with an alternative, revised framework, following consultations with mediators in Egypt and Turkey and coordination with allied factions on the ground.
He said the proposal had been met with categorical rejection across factions, but that Hamas would not issue a direct refusal, opting instead for a strategic, qualified response.
The plan goes beyond disarming the movement and dismantling its military infrastructure, the official added, extending to what he described as an attempt to dismantle the social, cultural, and ideological fabric of resistance itself—a move that has drawn consensus rejection among Palestinian factions.
He pointed to Israel’s continued failure to honor prior agreements since the Sharm El-Sheikh deal in October as a key factor shaping that rejection.
Trump’s plan, which Israel and Hamas had initially agreed to in principle in October, calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the start of reconstruction, in exchange for the disarmament of Hamas.
However, on the ground, the Israeli occupation army is consolidating its control rather than withdrawing, entrenching what is known as the “yellow line,” which places around half of the Gaza Strip under Israeli ground control with no clear mechanism for withdrawal.
Available data indicates that the line places approximately 54% of Gaza’s territory under Israeli control, as Israeli forces continue to expand their hold through installing concrete barriers, demolishing buildings, and forcibly displacing residents from additional areas.
Three months ago, Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir declared the “yellow line” a new de facto border, describing it as both a “frontline of defense” and a “line of attack.” In practice, this has meant the construction of seven new military sites since the ceasefire, some equipped with asphalt layers and infrastructure enabling long-term military presence.
Israel has shown “no sign of withdrawing its troops who are in control of around half of Gaza's territory, with Hamas keeping a firm grip on the other half of the enclave and its two million population, most of which has been rendered homeless by two years of devastating war,” official Hamas sources who spoke to Reuters explained. This is despite the ceasefire agreement and the continuation of Israeli military actions.
