**Vice President JD Vance Announces International Coalition to Disarm Hamas, Emphasizes Commitment to Trump’s Peace Proposal**
*By OAN Staff | Blake Wolf*
*10:10 PM Friday, October 24, 2025*
Vice President JD Vance announced that an international coalition currently being formed will be tasked with disarming Hamas as the Trump administration seeks to ensure President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace proposal remains intact.
Speaking to reporters after a recent trip to Israel, Vance noted that disarming Hamas “is going to take some time, and it’s going to depend a lot on the composition of that force.” He also emphasized that there will be “no American troops on the ground” in Gaza, although American military personnel will be involved in “supervising and mediating the peace.”
Vance’s remarks come amid ongoing threats to the fragile peace deal, primarily due to Hamas’ reluctance to surrender its weapons as stipulated in President Trump’s proposal. A recent Reuters report highlighted that senior Hamas official Mohammed Nazzal did not fully endorse disarmament, stating it “depends on the nature of the project,” suggesting Hamas is seeking assurances that disarming would pave the way for an independent Palestinian state.
Vance concluded his visit to Israel on Thursday, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio scheduled to complete his visit on Saturday.
When asked by reporters if Israel would need the United States’ permission to resume fighting in Gaza, Rubio responded, “I don’t think this has to do anything with permission or anything of that nature. This has to do with, basically, we’re all committed to making this plan work.”
“There is no Plan B. This is the best plan. It’s the only plan. It’s one that we think can succeed. It’s one that we believe is on the way to success, as impossible or unimaginable [as it may have seemed],” Rubio continued.
He added, “If Hamas refuses to demilitarize, it’ll be a violation of the agreement, and that’ll have to be enforced. I’m not going to get into the mechanisms by which it is going to be enforced, but it’ll have to be enforced.”
“This is a deal, and a deal requires conditions to be met. Israel has met their commitments. They’re standing at the yellow line, and that is contingent upon the demilitarization,” Rubio said.
The U.S. Secretary of State also noted that the process of disarming Hamas and demilitarizing Gaza “is a long-term project,” while adding, “We want to help create the conditions here so that people in Gaza don’t have to be terrorized by Hamas and in fact, have lives, jobs, businesses, and a better future.”
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