Hamas have 60 days to disarm

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Top Netanyahu aide: Hamas will have 60 days to disarm or IDF will ‘complete’ mission.

Israel plans to afford Hamas a 60-day period to disarm, and if it does not, the Israeli military will go back to war in the Gaza Strip, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday.

Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs made the statement a day after the premier asserted that the terror group must give up its small arms as part of the disarmament process, including its AK-47 rifles — after some reports that the terror group might be allowed to hold onto its rifles for now.

Speaking in Jerusalem to the Besheva Group conference, Fuchs said that the Trump Administration had asked for a 60-day period, and “we are respecting that.”

Fuchs clarified that he is unsure when the 60-day period starts, but it may begin with Thursday’s Board of Peace conference.

During that time, Hamas “will have to give up all of its weapons,” including rifles, he said, asserting that the terror group’s AK-47s “will be taken from them entirely.”

“We will evaluate it,” he said. “If it works, great. If not, then the IDF will have to complete the mission.”

He added that it was a “reasonable estimate” that before Israel’s next election — which is currently set for October but could be moved up to June — either Hamas will have given up its weapons or the IDF will be in the midst of an intensive new military campaign in Gaza.

www.timesofisrael.com/top-netanyahu-aide-hamas-will-have-60-days-to-disarm-or-idf-will-complete-mission/

Well the current ceasefire or "ceasefire" is not sustainable forever so at a certain point I guess Hamas either need to surrender or acknowledge that they are not prepared to, with all the implications that entails.

It’s unlikely to achieve anything. 60 days is nothing. Disarmament usually happens over a very long period of time. So if you look at the successful disarmament of terrorist groups historically you can tell that it is unlikely to work with a 60 days or else threat.

If you look at Columbia for example and the disarmament of FARC. It was staged out over several phases. There was a political agreement in place. The process was overseen by the UN.

So no I don’t think this is likely to happen.

The disarming may not be completed within 60 days. But as long as Hamas were seen to be co-operating, that would be enough to keep the ceasefire I imagine.

In the same way Hamas didn’t return all the hostage bodies in the timescale they agreed to, but were deemed to be co-operating.

Maybe but as there is no clarity or written communication about it, that is an unknown. Particularly as they have specifically said “a 60 day deadline” and that the countdown date has yet to be put in place, there is also no mention of what happens to other armed groups in Gaza.

Obviously I can’t see the future but it doesn’t have the bones of a successful disarmament agreement.

Prehaps this board of peace will have some positive influence over the whole thing