WorldImplementation of the deal to bring peace to Gaza announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will depend on Israel first meeting its commitments under an agreement reached last year, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Friday.Appears to downplay disarmament 'milestone' touted by U.S. presidentThomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 31, 2026 6:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Palestinian walk by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the war, in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Friday. (Abdel Kareem Hana/The Associated Press)Implementation of the deal to bring peace to Gaza announced by U.S. President Donald Trump will depend on Israel first meeting its commitments under an agreement reached last year, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Friday.In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Trump announced a "major milestone" toward ending the war in Gaza, saying his Board of Peace had reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups.Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official involved in the negotiations, said the agreement was a "comprehensive framework" that went beyond the issue of disarmament and would depend on Israel implementing the first phase of an agreement hammered out last year in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.Under that agreement, he said Israel was obliged to end its attacks in Gaza and withdraw its forces to where they stood in October, as well as increase the flow of goods and aid coming into the enclave.Trump says 'Board of Peace' reaches deal for Hamas, other Gaza groups to disarmOnly then would Hamas agree to hand over its weapons to the new National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), the technocratic body set up to run the enclave."We insisted to the mediators that Israel must abide by the agreement," he said.Hours after Trump announced the Hamas deal on Thursday, several Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, medics said. An Israeli official said on Thursday that Israel would not agree to withdraw behind the so-called Yellow Line before Hamas is disarmed and the Gaza Strip is demilitarized.