31/07/2026
Al Jazeera obtains the draft document approved by Hamas and the factions regarding Article 8, which concerns resistance weaponry in Gaza.
🔹 The draft approved by Hamas and the factions stipulates the commencement of a process to inventory and store heavy weaponry, military production sites, arms depots, and tunnels.
The draft makes the start of the inventory and storage process conditional upon the completion of remaining obligations from the Sharm El-Sheikh Protocol.
The draft links the start of the weapons inventory process to the entry of the National Committee and the deployment of an international stabilization force in the Gaza Strip.
🔹 The draft approved by Hamas and the factions stipulates that the weapons inventory and storage process be carried out in a gradual and sequential manner.
The draft approved by Hamas and the factions mandates the preparation of a schedule for the weapons inventory process within 14 days.
🔹 The draft approved by Hamas and the factions permits an extension of the deadline for preparing the implementation schedule, subject to a decision by the International Verification Committee.
🔹 The draft stipulates that extending the timeline is conditional upon all parties agreeing to the Roadmap.
🔹 The draft links the stages of the weapons inventory to a gradual Israeli withdrawal from areas currently controlled by Israel in Gaza.
The draft links the Israeli withdrawal to the inventorying of armed factions' weapons, in accordance with Article 10 of the Roadmap.
The draft stipulates the participation of Palestinian factions in the weapons inventory and storage process.
🔹 The draft stipulates that the National Committee shall assume control of weapons in Gaza following the completion of Articles 7 through 10 of the Roadmap.
🔹 The draft stipulates that the National Committee shall be the sole entity authorized to hold, store, or control weapons in Gaza.
🔹 The draft regards the implementation of weapons arrangements as part of a comprehensive process to implement the peace plan.
The draft links the handling of... The arms file, by establishing a credible path toward Palestinian self-determination and the establishment of a Palestinian state.