Current sectionGaza NewsIn an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the senior official in the organization emphasized that Hamas did not agree to hand over weapons, but only to store them in a facility supervised by the technocratic committee in the Gaza StripShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJack Khoury, Liza Rozovskyand Reuters12:46 PM • July 31 2026 IDTIsrael and Hamas have not yet officially responded to the understandings published overnight into Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace and the group, according to which it would disarm. Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:HamasIsrael-Gaza WarBoard of PeaceCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu-TrumpWest BankBen-GvirBoy GeorgeIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz Podcast'Where Will We Be Expelled To?': West Bank Camps Residents Fear IDF OffensiveHow the Push for Torah Rule Hijacked Israel's Secular RightLiving With 'Gaza Syndrome': Trauma That Renews Itself Every DayThe Palestinian Business Sector Took the Allenby Crossing to the High Court'I've Had Students Who Crossed Over to the Dark Side. The Money Is Tempting'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitAl Jazeera Reportedly Ends Contracts of Over 20 Gazan JournalistsTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensWith the West Bank Primed to Explode, Israel's Government Sees an OpportunityTrump's Irritation, Netanyahu's Desperation: Oval Office Smiles Mask RiftsIsrael's De Facto Strategy Is Exposed in Latest West Bank Settler Violence