Updated 39 min ago Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. Palestinian Hamas militants gather at the site of the handing over of the bodies of four Israeli hostages in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza on February 20, 2025. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images Arab and Muslim states including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt have for the first time issued a joint call for Hamas to disarm and relinquish power in the Gaza Strip as part of efforts to end the war in the territory. The 22-member Arab League, the entire European Union and another 17 countries backed a declaration signed at a United Nations conference co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and France on Tuesday. The meeting in New York aimed to address “the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the implementation of the Two-State Solution,” and the declaration lays out what steps the signatories think should be taken next. “Governance, law enforcement and security across all Palestinian territory must lie solely with the Palestinian Authority, with appropriate international support,” the joint document read, adding that “in the context of ending the war in Gaza, Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, with international engagement and support, in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State.” The text also condemned the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, and proposed the deployment of “a temporary international stabilization mission” upon invitation by the PA and “under the aegis of the United Nations.” “We welcomed the readiness expressed by some Member States to contribute in troops,” it said. Related article Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025, the day the cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza. Britain to recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire France, who co-chaired the conference, called the declaration “unprecedented.”

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