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

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

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

She noted that Trump’s plan, if implemented, would give Israel the necessary means to dismantle Hamas and prevent Gaza from threatening the Jewish state again. She referred to the second phase of the framework, which calls for Hamas to be demobilized and demilitarized, followed by efforts to eradicate extremism among the population of Gaza.

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US 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)

She added: “As President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have said, this can be achieved the easy way – through peaceful adherence to the agreement – ​​or the hard way, which may involve further military operations in Gaza.”

Glick added that the international stabilization force charged with overseeing security will work in coordination with the Israeli army – not against it – under close supervision of the peace council chaired by President Trump.

Under the ninth point of the agreement, Gaza will be placed under temporary technocratic administration led by a non-political Palestinian committee responsible for managing day-to-day governance and public services. The committee – composed of qualified Palestinian and international experts – will work under the supervision of a new international transitional body, the Peace Council, which Trump will chair and be joined by other world leaders, including former leaders. British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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

Israelis walk from Sderot toward the northern border of Gaza on July 30, 2025, in Israel. (Mustafa Al-Kharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Dean. Gen. (Res.) Amir Avivi, founder and chairman of the Israel Defense and Security Forum – Fox News Digital, said Israeli forces took control of nearly 80% of the Gaza Strip before withdrawing to the designated “yellow line” on Friday — a position, he said, that helped force Hamas to agree to a ceasefire.

Avivi said, “The withdrawal enables Israel to maintain control over 53% of the Gaza Strip, including the Philadelphia axis, most of Rafah, half of Khan Yunis, and parts of northern Gaza.” “Israel maintains the high ground overlooking the coastal area, allowing the IDF to better protect Israeli towns.”

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

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

Dean. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said retaining control of the Philadelphia Corridor would make rearmament more difficult — though not impossible — as humanitarian aid flows into Gaza.

He added: “We have to be very strict in examining every shipment of humanitarian aid to ensure that it is not used to smuggle weapons.”

Hamas terrorists march through Gaza during a military parade. (Getty Images)

The seventh point of the agreement stipulates the immediate delivery of full humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. At a minimum, aid quantities will match those specified in the January 19, 2025 agreement on humanitarian aid, including rehabilitation of infrastructure such as water, electricity and sanitation networks, repair of hospitals and bakeries, and the introduction of equipment needed to remove rubble and reopen roads.

Kuperwasser said the IDF’s repositioning allows the army to defend Israel without managing the civilian population in Gaza. “We don’t want to get involved in that,” he added. “We will let Hamas handle the matter temporarily – until they are removed from power.”

Under the agreement, Hamas has until Monday to return All remaining 48 hostages — the living and the deceased — to Israel for rehabilitation and burial. In return, Israel will release 250 Palestinian security prisoners, including convicted murderers, and 1,722 Gazans arrested during the war who did not participate in the October 7 massacre committed by Hamas.

Kuperwasser warned that some of the Palestinians to be released include “major terrorists” who have not renounced violence. He added: “We have reasons to be concerned that they will promote these activities. Some of them are very dangerous people.” He added: “We have succeeded in avoiding the release of the elite, but we are still releasing very dangerous and highly capable terrorists. This is a very high price that we understand we have to pay.”

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

retired. Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror, a former national security adviser to the Israeli prime minister and a fellow at the JINSA Strategic Center in Washington, D.C., described the post-ceasefire landscape as “extremely complex.” He told Fox News Digital that the language of the agreement 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 verify compliance.

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Amidror said: “All these questions have no answers in the paper that was signed.”

He urged a major diplomatic effort after the first phase to clarify responsibilities and fill the gaps in the plan, stressing that disarming Hamas and ending its control over civilian life in Gaza remain two primary Israeli goals.