Hamas Offers Weapons "Freeze" Instead of Disarmament in Gaza Peace Negotiations

Dec 11, 2025 06:32 am CST

Hamas leadership has proposed a weapons "freeze" rather than full disarmament as part of ongoing Gaza truce negotiations. Senior Hamas figure Khaled Meshaal told Al Jazeera that while complete disarmament is "unacceptable," the group is willing to discuss weapons storage arrangements as guarantees against military escalation, potentially opening a path forward in the fragile US-brokered ceasefire agreement.