Trump says the "Board of Peace" has reached an agreement "for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza."
- US official to Barak Ravid: We are not asking Israel for anything other than to fulifil their commitments under the 20-point plan. If they don't do that, President Trump will be very disappointed. I don't think the Israelis want to escalate this issue with us now.
- A senior US official said the negotiations were very sensitive in the months leading up to this breakthrough and that implementation of the agreement would begin in the coming weeks. The official added that Israel did not like the fact that the US had included Turkey and Qatar on the executive board of the Peace Council, but together with Egypt, they were very helpful to the process
- Trump: “Today, the Board of Peace reached a HISTORIC agreement for the COMPLETE DISARMAMENT of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza. This is a monumental step toward lasting PEACE and SECURITY.
This agreement is a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government that will work closely with the Board of Peace to help the Palestinian people. At the same time, Israel will have the security it deserves, with Gaza no longer used as a base for terror attacks.
This is a major milestone in the implementation of the Trump 20-Point Plan. The agreement will be carried out in carefully structured phases. As disarmament is completed, Israeli forces will withdraw, and the International Stabilization Force will work with a new Palestinian police force to take responsibility for Gaza being safe for its residents and its neighbors.
One year ago there was a violent raging war, humanitarian crisis and hostages kept in brutal captivity. We have made historic progress and there is still much work to do.
I want to thank the mediators—Egypt, Qatar, and Türkiye—for their important efforts, and especially my outstanding team, whose tireless work made this historic breakthrough possible.
The threat that emerged from Gaza on October 7 will NOT be allowed to rebuild!
Under this agreement, Gaza will finally be in the hands of a new Palestinian government that serves its PEOPLE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ON THIS AMAZING DEVELOPMENT, THAT EVERYBODY SAID COULD NEVER BE ACHIEVED!
DONALD J. TRUMP
President of the United States of America”
- US Central Command says it has completed “a heavy wave of strikes” on dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran, a day after the Iranian military force targeted American troops in the region with ballistic missiles.
- President Donald Trump reportedly lashed out at aides during a meeting last week due to frustration over his military options against Iran and inability to close a deal to end the conflict.
US official tells NBC News. “The president is exasperated,” a Trump ally who has spoken with the president in recent weeks tells NBC News. “I don’t think he believed it was going to be this difficult to get the Iranians to agree to a deal. There was not a real strategy for how long or what they should do to get to the endpoint,” the Trump ally adds. “He did not intend this to be a long, drawn-out war.”
- Houthi rebels declare that they were not behind a drone strike yesterday that hit a US-owned-and-operated gas storage ship in the Egyptian port of Damietta.
- The Israeli Air Force bombed another four Hamas weapon depots across the Gaza Strip overnight, the military announces.
- Iranian sources tell NYT that Egypt drone strike was designed to showcase Tehran’s capabilities
- Pakistan confirms that negotiations between the United States and Iran are “ongoing” , particularly on the Strait of Hormuz and to de-escalate,”
- Iran’s IRGC says three members killed in US strike on the northwestern province of Zanjan.
- Swiss Air will resume flight operations on the route between Zurich and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on August 1,
- An ambulance driver from the Galilee has been charged this morning with espionage for Iran, which included spying on President Isaac Herzog and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich during a visit to a northern hospital.
- Hamas said set to agree today to give up its heavy weapons if IDF leaves Gaza and ends strikes
- Discussions with Hamas and mediators underway in Cairo are “making progress” on disarmament, The roadmap under discussion “creates a process for the elimination of all tunnels, depots of weapons, and any weapons production facilities,” If implemented, “there will be no more terror infrastructure in Gaza” at the end of the process, says a official. Hamas will not be able to control developments from behind the scenes, as Hezbollah has done in Lebanon.
- PM Netanyahu Responds to Vice President Vance's Statements Against Israel
Q: J.D. Vance recently told Joe Rogan (podcast) that Israel is trying to sabotage the end of the war with Iran. He said that there are elements in your system who are trying to influence American public opinion so that the war continues. How do you respond to that?
Netanyahu: That is not true. I had a very good conversation with the Vice President this morning, and I think we made it clear that this is not our policy. Individual people in our system can have their own opinions, but I determine the policy of the government - and that is not our policy