President Donald Trump on Thursday said Hamas has agreed to a framework for the next stage of a proposed peace plan for Gaza that would include the eventual disarmament of the group, although Israel has not publicly confirmed or endorsed the announcement.

Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the proposal was a “historic agreement” that would result in the full disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. The deal would be a major step toward ending the conflict, he said, but offered no time frame for implementation.

Hamas told mediators it had accepted the final text of the proposal, including provisions for decommissioning its weapons, U.S. officials and representatives of the Trump-backed Board of Peace said. A senior Hamas official accepted the plan.

Israeli officials had not publicly commented on Trump’s announcement by the time of publication.

Israeli forces would withdraw from parts of Gaza as disarmament proceeds, according to the plan. Security responsibilities would be transferred to an international stabilisation force and a new Palestinian police force.

The deal would pave the way for a new Palestinian authority to govern Gaza in cooperation with the Board of Peace, taking into account Israel's security concerns, Trump said.

If it is carried out, the deal would be the first publicly announced commitment by Hamas to disarm, though the proposal still needs to be negotiated further and conditions for its implementation need to be met.

The framework is based on a 20-point peace proposal Trump made last year after the Israel-Hamas war that was sparked by the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on southern Israel. Israeli officials say the attack killed about 1,200 people and took some 250 hostage. The health ministry in Gaza, run by Hamas, says that Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 73,000 people. Casualty figures have not been independently verified.

Trump’s original proposal had called for the release of hostages, a ceasefire, increased humanitarian aid, the phased withdrawal of Israeli forces, the disarming of Hamas and the establishment of an international stabilisation mission alongside a temporary Palestinian technocratic administration.

Later, negotiators split the proposal into two phases. Phase one was focused on hostage releases and a ceasefire. Other issues, like Hamas’ disarmament and Israeli military redeployment, were postponed. Despite attempts to declare a ceasefire, sporadic clashes have continued.

U.S. and Board of Peace officials say the latest accord is more a blueprint than a final settlement. They said it was a framework that will be negotiated in the coming weeks and will be implemented only if both sides meet a series of conditions.

The proposal reflects a lack of trust on both sides, with each step dependent on verified compliance, officials said.

The plan would create a transitional authority, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, which would be the only authority permitted to carry weapons in the territory. Hamas would also give up any governing role, officials said.

The committee was set up under the auspices of the Board of Peace, a Trump-backed group that officials say was created earlier this year with the backing of Israel and several Middle Eastern countries.

The proposed disarmament process would start with police guns being handed over to a new Palestinian police authority, which would recruit and vet officers. In later stages, once compliance has been verified, heavy weapons, weapons depots and tunnel infrastructure would be dismantled. Future Palestinian legislation would regulate the handling of privately owned firearms.

Israeli troop withdrawals would be phased in accordance with an as-yet-to-be worked out timetable.

Gaza wasn’t discussed in a recent meeting between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a source familiar with Israeli government discussions on this topic. The source also said Israel does not plan to pull back until Hamas has been disarmed completely.

Earlier this month, a Hamas official said the group’s governing administration in Gaza would be dismantled, with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza taking over administrative responsibility.

Israeli Defence Minister Gideon Sa’ar rejected that announcement, saying Hamas must give up its weapons before any civilian administration can function independently in Gaza.