Hamas's weapons collection plan: Israel approved an American team to enter areas in southern Gaza

Israel has approved an American company on behalf of the Peace Council to enter Gaza to begin searching and mapping sites for the handover of Hamas weapons for destruction, as part of Trump's peace plan. The American team will enter the southern Strip in areas under Israeli control. A senior security official said the Americans are exerting heavy pressure on Israel to advance the plan, despite Israeli pessimism.

Israel has approved an American company on behalf of the Peace Council to enter Gaza in the coming days to begin searching and mapping sites where Hamas can hand over rifles and weapons for destruction. This is one of the key stages in Trump's peace plan, under which Hamas will give up its weapons and the Gaza Strip will be demilitarized. The American team will enter the southern Strip in the Rafah and Khan Younis areas, which are under Israeli control, and then conduct field scans to locate compounds that will ensure safe access for armed Gazans, under IDF security. According to the plan, only after Hamas lays down its weapons will Israel begin a gradual withdrawal from areas free of militants, and the area will be transferred to the responsibility of the technocrat government. At this stage, the handover mechanism and how armed militants can move in Gaza without posing a threat to IDF forces have not yet been determined. A senior security official said the Americans are exerting heavy pressure on Israel to advance the plan, despite pessimism in Israel about its success, and that Hamas is rebuilding its strength in the Strip.