Hamas officials confirm deal reached with Israel
Graphic content / A Palestinian man carries the body of a child after being unearthed from the rubble of a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023, amid relentless Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian enclave. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
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July 30, 2026

Hamas officials confirm deal reached with Israel

CAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) —  Senior Hamas officials confirmed Friday that they have reached a deal to end the conflict with Israel, after United States (US) President Donald Trump announced that the group was prepared to disarm.

Two officials from the Palestinian Islamist movement, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that they had come to an agreement.

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