Latest news on Trump's Gaza peace plan announcement involving Hamas' future

[0:00] want to begin with what President Trump is calling a historic agreement towards peace in Gaza. [0:04] The president says the plan was negotiated by his International Board of Peace. It includes the [0:08] complete disarmament of the militant group Hamas. A senior Hamas official has told our partners at [0:14] the BBC News that the group is on board with parts of the plan. The news came as officials in Gaza [0:19] were reporting new deadly Israeli strikes in Gaza. CBS News senior national security correspondent [0:25] Charlie Vagena is in Iman Jordan. So Charlie, the president says that this plan will be carried out [0:31] in phases. I guess the first question is, have Israel and Hamas agreed to this? Have they publicly [0:37] made statements that say that this plan is going into effect? Let's dive in, Vlad. The short answer [0:46] is no, not entirely. And because we have diametrically opposed opinions on what's going on here. [0:52] And this isn't just us trying to figure out, read the tea leaves. We contacted Israeli [0:58] officials. We talked to the chief or one of the chief Hamas spokespeople today this morning. [1:04] And here's the sticking point about that. Israel said that they would be willing to pull the Israeli [1:12] troops back out of Gaza after Hamas disarms. Hamas say that they will disarm. In fact, they don't even [1:19] like to use that phrase, disarm. They're going to put their weapons in storage, put them in a place that [1:24] it can be certified. They won't do that until Israel withdraws. But that doesn't necessarily mean [1:30] that this is, you know, a stillbirth. There is progress here. President Trump made this great [1:37] triumphant announcement overnight because there has been progress in those talks. But I hate the phrase, [1:44] but the devil really is in the detail because we're talking about a timeline here. When does Hamas, [1:49] and by the way, not only Hamas, there are other armed militant groups inside Gaza. They have to sign [1:55] up for this. The Israelis have to sign up for this. So it's where those two meet. But there is progress [2:01] because they've decided that there is a possibility in that. And if this were to happen, and this is a big [2:07] if, this would be the first time that Hamas has come anywhere close to an agreement where they would lay [2:13] down their arms in order to find some sort of peaceful solution. This is a militant group that was [2:19] formed on militancy against Israel. So that is a big if, and that is going to take probably some more [2:27] negotiations because there are certain elements of Hamas that are okay with this because we've got [2:33] 2 million Palestinians suffering inside Gaza, and others who say, well, wait a minute, I think we have to [2:39] check the fine print on this one. Yep, indeed. All right, Charlie Daggett reporting from Amman [2:44] Jordan. Charlie, thank you. For more on this, I want to bring in CBS News Middle East contributor [2:48] Courtney Keeley. Good to have you on set. So the president has made comments about a new [2:54] Palestinian government that would come out of this. What do we know about the logistics here? [3:00] Well, the Board of Peace still exists. And what we're seeing is things that were laid down [3:04] with a 20-point plan. Last October, when they came to this peace agreement and President Trump [3:11] was in Jerusalem and spoke to Knesset, now there was a delay and everything stalled because of Israel [3:18] and Iran and the U.S. in February. So Gaza was ignored, basically. So logistically, half of the [3:25] population is displaced and living in a lot, living in tents, squalid conditions. The Israelis have nearly [3:31] 70 percent of the military inside Gaza. And what the military has been doing is still targeting Hamas [3:39] officials and still going and still trying to blow up these tunnels. So Hamas would have to give up [3:43] heavy weapons. They would have to, and those, they would have to be handed over to, like, an international [3:50] security force that they're going to put up. And it would be neighboring Arab states and other states [3:55] that would help. And then once those heavy weapons are given up, also the tunnels and any kind of [4:01] places where they stage this asymmetrical warfare would have to be shut down. You can't change the [4:07] ideology of the people that believe in Hamas still. But there are people living there that are under [4:13] Hamas's control that don't want to be under Hamas's control. They want help. There are a lot of [4:18] Israelis that don't want their children, their young soldiers, in Gaza. But Prime Minister Netanyahu [4:24] has not responded to this. Itzbar Ben-Gvir, one of his ministers, who's very far right, said, [4:30] we're not doing this. In fact, we just want all the Palestinians out of Gaza and we're going to take [4:35] over the land. But that is not what people want. They want some kind of resolution. But there's been so [4:40] much focus on Iran these days. Do you think that Hamas will not just disarm, but that they, which is [4:48] certainly a possibility, but that they would actually give up political power to Gaza? [4:52] Well, the religion is what's the over, you know, the umbrella over it all. And it's an interpretation [5:00] of Islam that's more than conservative. You know, women are covered and, and, and this isn't [5:06] necessarily what most Gazans wanted. I mean, I never wore a hijab early on when I went to Gaza and things [5:12] did change. So, I mean, I can still, if I was there today, I could still walk around with one, [5:18] but I probably choose to wear one because everybody's so conservative and that didn't [5:22] exist. So Hamas and then their social services have always been tied in to the religion and then [5:28] the military wing and this obligation and this allegiance. So how do you undo the psychological [5:35] loyalty, um, while they're giving up weapons and, and who's going to do go first? Like, [5:42] will Israel start phasing out the soldiers or will Hamas give up the weapons? They're both saying, [5:46] no, Israel has to do this. And Israel saying, no, Hamas has to do this. [5:49] So who's going to go first? That's a good question. [5:51] All right, Courtney, really appreciate you joining us. Thanks, Courtney.