Displaced Palestinians sheltering in tents in Gaza City voiced scepticism on Friday (July 31), after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks in Cairo between mediators and Hamas leaders the previous day have led to a phased disarmament agreement in Gaza.

A senior Hamas official told Reuters on Friday that the implementation of the deal to bring peace to Gaza announced by Trump will depend on Israel first meeting its commitments under an agreement reached last year.

In a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday (July 30), Trump announced a "major milestone" towards ending the war in Gaza, saying his "Board of Peace" had reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups.

The announcement followed months of faltering efforts to keep the ceasefire agreement reached last year in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on track and it was not immediately clear how strongly either Hamas or Israel stood behind it.

Gazans, still struggling with basic survival after the Israeli military campaign in response to the deadly 2023 Hamas attack on Israel devastated the enclave, urged Trump to compel Israel to abide by the agreement.

"You Trump, you should start it from your end, ceasefire, stop the assassinations and complete the Israeli army's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip," said Samir Ayad, 60.

"We are not seeing any agreement at all, nothing from what he (Trump) is saying," he told Reuters.

Previous attempts to reach an agreement have foundered amid mutual suspicion and each side's insistence that the other must move first.

The planned oversight body for Gaza, NCAG, issued a statement welcoming "the progress announced yesterday regarding the roadmap and the opening of a path toward beginning its implementation". It said it was ready to assume its responsibilities, while Germany, a major donor, said it would do its part to help the agreement.

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Palestinians in Gaza sceptical after Trump announced deal to disarm Hamas

VIDEO SHOWS: MAKESHIFT TENTS SHELTERING DISPLACED PALESTINIANS IN GAZA CITY / COMMENTS FROM PALESTINIANS ON U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT REACHING A DEAL TO DISARM HAMAS

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SHOWS: GAZA CITY, GAZA (JULY 31, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF MAKESHIFT TENTS SHELTERING DISPLACED PALESTINIANS, PEOPLE GATHERING NEXT TO TENTS

2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN HOLDING WATER HOSE NEAR TENTS

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, SAMIR AYAD, 60, SAYING:

"We haven't seen any agreement before, nor anything. You say we agreed on twenty points, but we haven't seen any single point implemented in full. Not a single thing. You, (U.S. President Donald) Trump, you should start it from your end, ceasefire, stop the assassinations and complete the Israeli army's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. We are not seeing any agreement at all, nothing from what he (Trump) is saying. Where is it?"

4. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS GATHERING AND WALKING NEAR TENTS

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, SAMIR AYAD, 60, SAYING:

"I call on Mr. (Donald) Trump, the president of the United States, to pressure Israel to withdraw completely from the Gaza Strip so that we can live a dignified life and return to our homes, and also in the reconstruction, to speed up the reconstruction for the people, because we have been suffering for three years, we are (living) in the tents."

6. PALESTINIANS GATHERING AROUND COOKING POT PLACED ON OPEN FIRE

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, KARIM ALIAN, 41, SAYING:

"Before you talk about an agreement, disarming the factions, and disarming the resistance (Hamas) in Gaza, make the Israelis withdraw, make the Jews (referring to the Israelis) withdraw. Let the Jews (Israelis) withdraw so that the Palestinian people can see there is sincere intent, that you are honest, that the Jews (Israelis) have withdrawn — that they withdraw by one kilometre for example, or two kilometres, back to the yellow line, to the 2025 agreement (terms)."

8. STREET SCENE, DAMAGED AND DESTROYED BUILDINGS

9. PALESTINIAN CLEANING UP STREET NEAR TENTS

10. DAMAGED BUILDING, PALESTINIAN LOOKING ON THROUGH TARP OPENING

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN, HAMADA ABU LEILA, SAYING:

"We hope that these agreements are fulfilled, that the Israeli aggression withdraws from the Gaza Strip, and that we return to our yellow areas (areas beyond the yellow line). But unfortunately, this is not implemented on the ground. What we hear is only media (talk), only (in the) media. Even the achievements of the first phase have not been implemented. We notice that they have started the second phase and negotiations for the second phase (are underway). Well, where are the achievements of the first phase? Where is the opening of the crossings? Where is the entry of aid? Where is the exit of patients for treatment and travel? Where is the reconstruction? Where is the return of the displaced? Where is the withdrawal of Israeli forces from our land in the Gaza Strip? All of this has not been implemented on the ground.”

12. TENTS

13. PEOPLE WALKING NEAR TENTS