Two senior Hamas officials in Gaza have told The New York Times that the group is prepared to relinquish thousands of automatic rifles and other weapons belonging to its police force and internal security services. The officials said those weapons could be transferred to the Palestinian administrative committee established to govern Gaza under the Board of Peace, the international body led by President Trump to oversee the so-called ceasefire. But Hamas’s offer falls short of the full disarmament and demilitarization of Gaza demanded by Israel, while Israeli forces continue attacks on the besieged territory.










