Draft Gaza Peace Deal Outlines Disarmament and Security Arrangements

A draft comprehensive peace agreement for the Gaza Strip reveals extensive political, security, and administrative arrangements to be implemented within 14 days of parties’ approval. These include halting military operations, transferring governance to an independent national committee, deploying an international stabilization force, and initiating the dismantling of heavy weapons and tunnels. According to the draft’s provisions, the initial phase begins with stopping military actions and completing ceasefire obligations, paving the way for broader arrangements concerning Gaza’s governance, security, and reconstruction.

The document stipulates that civil and security responsibilities in Gaza will be handed over to a national committee tasked with managing the transitional phase. This committee is to operate with full independence, preventing Palestinian factions from interfering with its decisions or operations.

Additionally, the committee will oversee financial matters and public services, including managing institutions and essential facilities, regulating expenditures, and running vital sectors. This aims to ensure continuity of services for residents after years of conflict and destruction.

International Force and Security Measures

On the security front, the draft calls for the deployment of an international stabilization force within Gaza. This force will assist in maintaining security during the transitional period, facilitate humanitarian aid access, and protect relief operations in coordination with the national committee and relevant international bodies.

The document designates the national committee as the authority responsible for regulating arms within Gaza, overseeing the commencement of dismantling heavy weapons and tunnels. It emphasizes that disarmament will not involve transferring or handing over any weapons to Israel but will proceed under a mechanism supervised by the national committee within the Palestinian and international frameworks outlined in the agreement.

The provisions also include dismantling armed militias without integrating their members into the new security apparatus. This step aims to build professional security institutions operating under a unified civilian authority, distinct from the previous factional structures.

Ending Internal Violence and Preparing Reconstruction

The draft urges signing an agreement to end internal violence among factions and prohibits military parades and armed displays within Gaza. This measure is intended to reinforce the monopoly of official institutions over arms during the transitional phase.

These clauses form part of a broader process that, according to earlier U.S. statements, involves establishing a Palestinian technocratic administration excluding Hamas, a gradual Israeli withdrawal on a set timeline, and international oversight of Gaza’s reconstruction.

U.S. officials have reported close coordination with Israel regarding the agreement, while Tel Aviv has expressed doubts about Hamas’s willingness to relinquish its weapons. Hamas officials announced reaching an agreement with Israel and called on mediators and the “Peace Council” to ensure the commitments are implemented.

Conversely, the Islamic Jihad movement has expressed reservations about the circulated draft without declaring a final position on all its provisions.

The clauses in the document remain part of a draft whose final version has not been published, and none of the parties have officially confirmed their approval of its details. Consequently, the mechanisms for implementation and field guarantees depend on completing negotiations and adopting the agreement in its final form.