Egypt and Turkey wary of 'disarmament' language in Gaza UN resolution, sources says

Arab and Muslim states that the US wants to be part of an international stabilisation force in Gaza are alarmed that they could be “trapped” into disarming Hamas by force, according to a draft United Nations resolution the US is working on.

A copy of the draft resolution obtained by Middle East Eye says that an international force will take part in "demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of rebuilding of military, terror, and offensive infrastructure”.

Two Egyptian officials told MEE that Cairo believes more emphasis should be placed on “decommissioning” weapons, a point also addressed in the draft.

The Egyptian officials said Cairo wants time to negotiate a handover of heavy weapons with Hamas in a coordinated manner and will not confront the group.

“Egypt will not do the job that Israel was unable to do,” one official told MEE.

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