Trump’s Gaza plan gives Israel tools to dismantle Hamas, adviser says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has full confidence in President Donald Trump’s commitment to ensuring that all parties respect the Gaza peace deal, Caroline Glick, the prime minister’s international affairs adviser, told Fox News Digital.

“We have deep trust in President Trump – in his sincerity, his support for Israel, and his leadership – and we are confident in his commitment to holding all parties accountable for the deal, in partnership with Prime Minister Netanyahu,” Glick said.

She noted that Trump’s plan, if implemented, would give Israel the means to dismantle Hamas and prevent Gaza from once again threatening the Jewish state. She highlighted the second phase of the framework, which calls for the demobilization and demilitarization of Hamas, followed by efforts to deradicalize the population of Gaza.

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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC, United States, September 29, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

“As President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have said, this can be achieved by the easy route – through peaceful compliance with the agreement – ​​or the difficult route, which would involve further military operations in Gaza,” she said.

Glick added that the International Stabilization Force (ISF), charged with overseeing security, would operate in coordination with the IDF – not in opposition – under the close supervision of the Peace Council chaired by President Trump.

Under point nine of the agreement, Gaza will be placed under a temporary technocratic administration led by a non-political Palestinian committee responsible for managing daily governance and public services. The committee – made up of qualified Palestinians and international experts – will operate under the supervision of a new international transitional body, the Peace Council, chaired by Trump and joined by other world leaders, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The council will oversee the reconstruction and financing of Gaza until the Palestinian Authority completes its reform process and is ready to take control, in line with Trump’s 2020 peace plan and the French-Saudi proposal.

Israelis march from Sderot towards the northern border of Gaza, July 30, 2025, in Israel. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Brig. Gen. (Res) Amir Avivi, founder and president of the IDSF – the Israel Defense and Security Forum – told Fox News Digital that Israeli forces controlled nearly 80% of the Gaza Strip before retreating to the designated “yellow line” on Friday – a position, he said, that helped force Hamas to accept the ceasefire.

“The withdrawal allows Israel to maintain control of 53 percent of the Gaza Strip, including the Philadelphia Corridor, most of Rafah, half of Khan Younis and sections of northern Gaza,” Avivi said. “Israel occupies the high ground overlooking the coastal area, allowing the IDF to better protect Israeli towns.”

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He added that Hamas’ ability to smuggle weapons across the Egyptian border has been significantly reduced.

Trump’s 20-point plan calls for two additional withdrawal phases, ultimately leaving the IDF in charge of a security buffer zone.

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, director of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said retaining control of the Philadelphia Corridor will make rearmament more difficult — but not impossible — as humanitarian aid flows to Gaza.

“We must be very strict in checking every shipment of humanitarian aid to ensure that it is not used to smuggle weapons,” he said.

Hamas terrorists march in a parade in Gaza. (Getty Images)

Point seven of the agreement calls for the immediate delivery of comprehensive humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. At a minimum, aid quantities will match those provided for in the January 19, 2025 humanitarian aid agreement, including the rehabilitation of infrastructure such as water, electricity and sewage systems, the repair of hospitals and bakeries, and the entry of equipment needed to clear rubble and reopen roads.

Kuperwasser said the IDF’s repositioning allows the army to defend Israel without administering Gaza’s civilian population. “We don’t want to be involved in this,” he said. “We will let Hamas take care of it temporarily, until it is removed from power.”

Under the agreement, Hamas has until Monday to return the remaining 48 hostages – living and deceased – to Israel for rehabilitation and burial. In exchange, Israel will release 250 Palestinian security prisoners, including convicted killers, and 1,722 Gazans detained during the war who were not involved in the October 7 massacre by Hamas.

Kuperwasser warned that among the Palestinians to be released are “arch-terrorists” who have not renounced violence. “We have reason to fear that they are promoting these activities. Some of them are very dangerous people,” he said. “We have managed to avoid releasing the cream of the crop, but we continue to release very dangerous and very capable terrorists. This is the very high price that we understand we have to pay,” he added.

A poster created by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum shows 48 hostages, 20 of whom are believed alive and 28 presumed dead, who are expected to be released as part of President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, displayed in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2025. (The Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Retirement. Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror, former national security adviser to the Israeli prime minister and a member of the JINSA Strategic Center in Washington, DC, described the post-ceasefire landscape as “very complicated.” He told Fox News Digital that the deal’s language is vague on key issues: who will disarm Hamas, who will monitor it, where the weapons will be secured and whether Israel will have the means to monitor compliance with the deal.

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“All these questions are not answered in the signed document,” Amidror said.

He called for a major diplomatic effort after the first step to clarify responsibilities and fill gaps in the plan, emphasizing that the disarmament of Hamas and the end of its control over civilian life in Gaza remain the main Israeli objectives.