The Board of Peace has published its 15-point “roadmap” for implementing US President Donald Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan, including provisions for Hamas’s disarmament and Israel’s gradual withdrawal from the Palestinian territory.
Here is a summary of the key points:
- Israel, as well as Hamas and the Palestinian factions, will cease military operations.
- The roadmap’s timetable and mechanisms will be prepared within 14 days after all parties approve the plan, with a possible extension.
- The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) will enter the Gaza Strip and start to assume its responsibilities.
- Progression from one phase to another will be contingent on the verified completion of the previous phases’ commitments.
- That verification will be done by a new International Verification Committee (IVC), which will also observe any violations by either party.
- Gaza will be governed according to the principle of “One Authority, One Law, One Weapon”. The NCAG shall operate in accordance with Palestinian laws and relevant international standards.
- Newly-trained police personnel will be incorporated into existing police structures, with all personnel undergoing comprehensive vetting.
- Those who do not meet the required standards will be offered alternative civilian roles. All police weapons will be transferred to the responsibility and authority of the NCAG.
- There will be a process to decommission and store Hamas’s heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots and tunnels. It will be administered and implemented by NCAG in a gradual, sequential and time-bound manner.
- This process will be linked to a phased Israeli withdrawal from the areas under its control in Gaza.
- No weapons shall be handed to Israel or non-Palestinian parties.
- At the end of the process, only NCAG shall hold, store or control weapons in Gaza.
- The temporary International Stabilisation Force (ISF) will be deployed in the Gaza Strip to separate Israeli forces from NCAG-controlled areas.
- The ISF will monitor compliance by all parties with the ceasefire, train the Palestinian police, secure the protection and delivery of humanitarian assistance and essential supplies, and support the NCAG.
- The ISF will not perform any policing mission or missions related to Palestinian society.
