Investment, amnesty, withdrawal: US outlines Gaza demilitarization plan led by NCAG

Investment, amnesty, withdrawal: US outlines Gaza demilitarization plan led by NCAG

Jerusalem Post

The new set of demilitarization principles for Gaza set by the US pushes for the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) to dismantle armed groups and oversee a verified disarmament process that would enable a calibrated IDF withdrawal to the security perimeter and a transition to a Palestinian-led administration.

With this set of principles, NCAG would authorize all weapons, maintain one law and one chain of command, and integrate or dismantle all armed groups following rigorous vetting.

 

The end state allows only NCAG-sanctioned personnel to carry arms.

Heavy weapons, tunnels, production sites, and military infrastructure would be destroyed comprehensively, with personal arms registered and decommissioned sector by sector, as NCAG police can guarantee security.

Demilitarization is presented as the key to unlocking investment. Reconstruction would proceed only in sectors where disarmament is complete, creating a direct incentive for compliance.

Phased verification would trigger calibrated IDF redeployments to the perimeter, culminating in a full pullback once demilitarization is confirmed.

Under the principles, NCAG would be the initial governing body, with authority later transferring to the Palestinian Authority after reforms.

The PA has publicly indicated there is “no room for militias and armed groups” in Gaza or the West Bank, while Israeli officials continue to condition any PA return on significant reforms.

To encourage compliance, the paper pairs disarmament with amnesty, reintegration, or safe passage. Personal security guarantees are staged: heavy weapons are removed immediately, while personal arms are registered and retired as NCAG policing capacity grows.

A sequenced, independently verified process would govern each step, from local decommissioning milestones to sectoral reconstruction and staged IDF redeployment. Gaza-wide completion would trigger an IDF withdrawal to the security perimeter under agreed standards.

Who is leading Gaza’s new government?

The NCAG will be comprised of US representatives with the goal of handing control of Gaza to a 15-member technocratic committee led by Gaza-born Ali Shaath.

The former PA deputy minister has held several roles in the West Bank administration, most notably as deputy minister of planning and international cooperation and as undersecretary at the Transportation and Communications Ministry.

Israel has repeatedly insisted that Hamas terrorists disarm and return the remains of the final hostage, St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, before Phase II can officially begin.