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Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/04/gaza-hamas-peace-deal-trump-negotiations/
Hamas Does Not Want to Disarm, but Israel Will Not Be Able to Accept Anything Less
(Washington Post) Editorial - On Friday evening, Hamas accepted President Trump's peace proposal for ending the war in Gaza with a predictable "Yes, but." In previous attempts to stop the war, Hamas also agreed to a ceasefire in principle but pushed back against specifics. Trump's plan stipulated in no uncertain terms that Hamas must disarm and disband. Hamas has been severely degraded. All of its general and colonel equivalents have been killed. What's left of Hamas does not want to disarm, but Israel will not be able to accept anything less.