Hamas disarmament

WATCH: Netanyahu visits IDF Gaza outpost, pledges to continue Hamas disarmament effort

Netanyahu stressed that the Gaza Strip will "no longer pose a threat to Israel," noting that the goal has "largely been achieved."

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an IDF outpost in the Gaza Strip on September 2, 2026.
US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

The Board of Peace plan for Gaza: Will it really disempower Hamas? - opinion

That August 17 meeting brought Netanyahu together with the three-man team of Kushner, Mladenov, and Sir Tony Blair. They had just returned from an unprecedented negotiating session in Egypt.

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View of the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza, which has been closed since the October 7 massacre, on December 16, 2025.

PM, Defense Minister deny any instruction exists to reopen Erez Border Crossing into Gaza Strip

There are preparations to open the crossing on September 1, but it still requires final approval, sources from COGAT told The Jerusalem Post.

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PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Gaza Board of Peace Director Nickolay Mladenov, May 13, 2026.

Gaza: It is time to break the strategic deadlock

After October 7, we can no longer afford to base Israel’s security on promises. We need a mechanism capable of guaranteeing it for decades to come.

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Indonesia to be first peacekeeping contributor to Gaza's International Stabilization Force - KAN

Indonesia is expected to become the first country to deploy troops to the International Stabilization Force in Gaza during Phase II of the ceasefire, KAN News reported.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A patch with Indonesia and an Indonesian flag on the arm of an Indonesian soldier during the preparation of the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris France on July 14, 2025.

Mashaal to Al Jazeera Forum: Hamas disarming risks making Gazans ‘easy victims to be eliminated'

“In the context that our people are still under occupation, talking about disarmament is an attempt to make our people an easy victim to be eliminated," Hamas’s political leader, Mashaal, said.

FEBRUARY 8, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
HAMAS TERRORIST KHALED MASHAAL speaks during an interview in Doha.