by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief
(Worthy News) – Hamas has refused to commit to disarming under U.S. and Israeli ceasefire terms, even as reports and footage emerge of the terrorist group executing dozens of Palestinians in Gaza accused of opposing its rule.
Speaking from Doha in an interview with Reuters, senior Hamas politburo member Mohammed Nazzal said the group would not surrender its weapons but was open to a temporary truce lasting three to five years to allow reconstruction of the war-torn enclave.
“I can’t answer with a yes or no,” Nazzal said when asked if Hamas would disarm. “It depends on the nature of the project. The disarmament project you’re talking about — what does it mean? To whom will the weapons be handed over?”
He added that Hamas’s proposal for a multi-year ceasefire was not preparation for future conflict but a chance to rebuild Gaza “with horizons and hope” for Palestinian statehood.
Trump’s Peace Plan Meets Resistance
Nazzal’s remarks expose a major rift between Hamas and U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace framework, which calls for the terrorist group to disarm, release all hostages, and transfer governance of Gaza to a technocratic committee under international supervision.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports the plan, saying it would “end Hamas’s rule and ensure Gaza can never again threaten Israel.”
But Israeli officials told Reuters that Hamas has not fulfilled even the first phase of the agreement. “Hamas are to be disarmed under this agreement. No ifs, no buts. They have not,” the Prime Minister’s Office said. “They are running out of time.”
Executions Amid the Ceasefire
At the same time, Gaza residents describe a wave of killings by Hamas against perceived opponents. Verified footage reviewed by Reuters shows Hamas fighters executing men kneeling in Gaza City’s main square on October 14.
At least 33 people have been executed in recent days, officials said, in what Hamas described as a campaign to “maintain security” and “show strength” after the ceasefire.
Defending the killings, Nazzal told Reuters, “There are always exceptional measures during war,” insisting those executed were “criminals guilty of killing.”
However, Gazan lawyer and human rights advocate Moumen Al-Natour — a former Hamas political prisoner — said the executions were targeted reprisals. Speaking to Fox News Digital from hiding, he accused Hamas of emerging from tunnels after the ceasefire to “massacre families that opposed them.”
“They are sending a signal that they are back — by terrorizing people,” he said.
Trump Warns Hamas Over Renewed Violence
After footage of the executions surfaced online, President Trump warned Hamas directly. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump later reiterated that Hamas had made commitments under the ceasefire agreement and said he expected them to “honor those commitments.”
Experts: Hamas Consolidating Power Through Fear
Joseph Braude, president of the Center for Peace Communications, said Hamas is exploiting the ceasefire period to eliminate dissent. “They’re using this lull to settle old scores,” Braude told Fox News. “It’s indiscriminate killing meant to reassert control through fear.”
Analysts warn that Hamas’s refusal to disarm — coupled with its violent purge of opponents — could jeopardize international reconstruction efforts and plunge Gaza into renewed chaos.
“Hamas is tightening its grip on Gaza while defying the very terms meant to bring peace,” said Michael Milshtein of Tel Aviv University. “This is not disarmament — it’s rearmament by terror.”
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