Israel is pushing back against a proposed Gaza disarmament roadmap backed by the White House, making clear that any post-war arrangement allowing Hamas to retain weapons in Gaza is unacceptable. Senior Israeli officials insist that only the complete and irreversible dismantling of Hamas’s military capabilities can prevent another October 7-style massacre.
Prime Minister’s Office spokesman Doron Spielman stated that the version of the framework circulating publicly does not represent Israel’s position and that Jerusalem has already submitted its concerns to the United States.
According to Spielman, Israel’s security establishment believes the proposal fails to address the central issue that sparked the current war: Hamas’s continued military existence.
“The version that has been made public does not reflect Israel’s positions,” he said, emphasizing that Israel has communicated its objections directly to Washington.
The disagreement highlights an increasingly visible gap between Israeli security priorities and international efforts to advance a political framework for Gaza’s future. Reports indicate the proposal would pause military operations to allow a gradual disarmament process under a new Palestinian technocratic government.
Israel argues that experience has already demonstrated the danger of such an approach.
According to Israeli intelligence, Hamas exploited previous ceasefires over the past eight months to replenish its weapons stockpiles, recruit thousands of new terrorists, rebuild military infrastructure, and prepare for future attacks modeled on the October 7 massacre.
From Israel’s perspective, another ceasefire that leaves Hamas intact risks repeating the same cycle.
Spielman pointed to the framework’s stated goal of creating a “deradicalized, terror-free zone” in Gaza, saying that vision bears little resemblance to Hamas’s openly declared objectives.
Instead, Israel continues to demand what it calls genuine, verifiable, and irreversible demilitarization.
That means Hamas must physically surrender its weapons rather than merely transferring administrative authority while its military capabilities remain inside Gaza.
The reported roadmap would require Hamas to hand over its heavy weapons to a future Palestinian technocratic government, with those weapons remaining stored inside the Gaza Strip. The proposal also embraces the principle of “one authority, one law, one weapon,” while allowing Gazan civilians to retain licensed personal firearms.
For Israeli leaders, however, such provisions fall short of guaranteeing long-term security.
Jerusalem maintains that any arrangement allowing Hamas’s weapons—or even the infrastructure needed to rebuild its military—to remain inside Gaza leaves open the possibility of renewed terrorism. Israeli officials argue that lasting peace cannot be built on temporary political agreements while Hamas retains the means to wage war.
For Israel, the lesson of October 7 remains clear: security must come before diplomacy, and any post-war framework that fails to eliminate Hamas’s military capabilities risks setting the stage for the next conflict rather than preventing it.