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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/08/01/israel-welcomes-hamas-concession-warns-of-traps-ahead/
Israel Responds Cautiously to Board of Peace-Hamas Agreement
(Israel Hayom) Danny Zaken - Israeli officials are responding cautiously to the understandings reached between the Board of Peace and Hamas. No agreement has been reached on where Hamas's weapons will be stored, how quickly they will be surrendered or who will receive them. Hamas is prepared to hand the weapons over to Palestinian authorities, since it believes it could regain control of the arms if necessary. Israel is demanding the complete removal of weapons from Gaza. The emerging compromise is that the arms would be transferred to storage facilities controlled by the multinational force, but located in territory under Israeli control. Israel assesses that Hamas will not fully uphold its side of the agreement and will continue seeking various ways to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel. A senior Israeli security official expressed doubt that the Islamist terrorist organization could be transformed into a purely political movement.