{"text":[[{"start":8.36,"text":"Donald Trump has said his Board of Peace reached an agreement for the “complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza”, claiming a major breakthrough in peace talks in the Middle East."}],[{"start":19.36,"text":"A deal brokered by mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey would be carried out in “phases” and marked a “critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government”, the US president said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday night. Trump added that Israeli forces would withdraw from the strip “as disarmament is completed”."}],[{"start":41.52,"text":"Hamas and the Israeli government did not immediately respond to the announcement."}],[{"start":45.71,"text":"A US official called the agreement a “historic step” and insisted that after months of negotiations there was now a “real roadmap” for disarmament by the militant group and the withdrawal of the Israeli military."}],[{"start":57.54,"text":"But details of the purported agreement were vague, and major questions remained over whether the two sides had agreed to the framework or would follow through on the plan and on what timeline."}],[{"start":67.76,"text":"Before Trump’s announcement on Thursday, an Israeli official said the plan did not address Israel’s demands about the “full demilitarisation” of Gaza, and that there would be “no Israeli withdrawal from the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip before the dismantling of Hamas”."}],[{"start":82.66,"text":"Egypt said on Friday that Hamas had agreed to hand over its arms in a “gradual and sequenced” process to a technocratic Palestinian committee, which would be in charge of the day-to-day governance of Gaza."}],[{"start":93.64,"text":"The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza has remained in Cairo since it was formed in January under a ceasefire deal, and has been unable to enter the enclave. The start of the disarmament agreement would be “linked” to the entry of NCAG and the deployment into Gaza of a multinational peacekeeping force, according to remarks attributed to an unnamed Egyptian official. The Egyptian announcement contained no timeline for implementation."}],[{"start":119.92,"text":"After a US-brokered ceasefire ended two years of intense fighting between Israel and Hamas last October, Trump laid out an ambitious multiphase plan that called for the disarmament of the militant group, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and reconstruction of the enclave."}],[{"start":132.48,"text":"Progress has stalled, however, as tensions have remained high in the region. Israel has continued to carry out strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire came into force, killing more than 1,000 people since October 10."}],[{"start":146.159,"text":"The US official said roughly eight months of talks had been carried out in “very, very close co-ordination” with Israel. However, the person cautioned that Israel was “very sceptical” that Hamas would disarm."}],[{"start":158,"text":"“We are not asking Israel to do anything other than agree to the 20-point plan that they agreed to initially, and so we are very confident they will adhere to it,” the official added, referring to Trump’s roadmap for ending the war in Gaza. “If they don’t, obviously President Trump would be very, very disappointed.”"}],[{"start":174.721,"text":"US officials were reluctant on Thursday to commit to a timeline for the agreement to be put into place, saying progress could be made “in the next month or two”, but disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli troops were likely to take as much as a year — if not longer."}],[{"start":189.38,"text":"Trump’s divisive Board of Peace was launched in January on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos."}],[{"start":195.5,"text":"Trump has described the group, which is chaired by the US president and includes more than two dozen member states, as one of the “most consequential” international organisations ever created."}],[{"start":205.36,"text":"The group solicited $1bn “lifetime membership” fees from world leaders, and member states pledged $7bn for the board’s Gaza “relief package”. Trump promised a further $10bn in US funding."}],[{"start":217.48,"text":"But in May, four months after the board was set up, the FT reported that the board’s financial fund set up by the World Bank had received no money from donors."}],[{"start":230.28,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1785483323_4326.mp3"}