Islamic Jihad Agrees to Disarm as Israel Strikes On
Palestinian Islamic Jihad has agreed to give up its weapons under President Trump’s Gaza plan, according to Arab media, joining Hamas in accepting a disarmament framework that Israel has yet to endorse. Even so, Israeli forces kept up their strikes, killing at least eight Palestinians in what the military called attacks on weapons stores. Israel says it will not withdraw until the militant groups have genuinely disarmed.
The reported agreement, if confirmed, would remove one obstacle to Mr Trump’s claimed breakthrough, though a wide gap remains between his optimism and events on the ground. Mr Netanyahu, wary of his hardline allies, insists on full demilitarisation before any pullout, and the continued strikes underline how fragile the framework is. The parties are said to have two weeks to agree how it would be carried out. Palestinian officials reported civilian casualties among the dead, an account that could not be verified. Watch whether the disarmament pledges translate into any halt in the fighting.