Hamas Agrees to Disarm, Removing the Biggest Obstacle to a Gaza Settlement

Hamas confirmed it has reached a disarmament agreement with the Board of Peace, the first time the group has ever agreed to give up its weapons — though senior official Bassem Naim conditioned it on Israel upholding the Gaza truce. If it holds, it removes the single largest obstacle to the Trump-backed peace initiative, and the president is already calling it historic.