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What's in the Gaza peace deal roadmap?
Hamas says it has accepted a disarmament plan for Gaza which will see it lay down its arms - a decision US President Donald Trump has described as "a monumental step toward lasting peace and security".
The group said it had negotiated "responsibly and positively" and reached "national consensus" among the Palestinian factions.
Israel – which remains highly sceptical about Hamas's willingness to disarm – says it will not withdraw from Gaza until it does so.
In addition to a 15-point roadmap published by the US-led Board of Peace, the BBC has seen a four-page plan for the phased disarmament of Hamas and gradual Israeli withdrawal.
Hamas giving up its weapons - as predicted - has been a main sticking point in advancing President Trump's 20-point plan for ending the war in Gaza.
That plan, unveiled in September last year, included the creation of the Board of Peace to oversee the agreement's implementation and "handle the funding for the redevelopment of Gaza".
The principles in the roadmap and the document seen by the BBC say: "A process shall begin to inventory and store heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots, and tunnels". It says this is conditional on Israel meeting its commitments under the initial ceasefire agreement reached in October last year.
This clause still sounds like a significant breakthrough.
The process would be overseen by the Palestinian National Committee - a group of independent technocrats to which Hamas has agreed to hand over power - and with the deployment of the International Stabilisation Force to Gaza. The document refers not just to Hamas but other Palestinian factions joining the disarmament process.
The roadmap documents then links this "to a phased Israeli withdrawal" and specifies that "no weapons shall be transferred or handed over to Israel or to any non-Palestinian party".