Gen. Keane: This is a HUGE STEP forward

PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING THE. LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GAZA. PEACE DEAL WRITING ON TRUTH. SOCIAL TODAY THE BOARD OF PEACE. REACHED AN HISTORIC AGREEMENT. FOR THE COMPLETE DISARMAMENT OF. HAMAS AND ALL OTHER GROUPS IN. GAZA AS DISARMAMENT IS. COMPLETED, ISRAELI FORCES WILL. WITHDRAW. UNDER THIS AGREEMENTS GAZA WILL. FINALLY BE IN THE HANDS OF THE. NEW PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT THAT. SERVES ITS PEOPLE. HERE TO REACT, RETIRED FOUR STAR. GENERAL, FOX NEWS SENIOR. STRATEGIC ANALYST, CHAIRMAN OF. THE INSTITUTE OF STUDY OF WAR, GENERAL JACK KEANE.

GENERAL, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE. THIS POINTED IN GAZA? >> YEAH. WELL, THIS IS A HUGE STEP. FORWARD. I MEAN, CLEARLY, THIS GOES BACK. TO OCTOBER OF '25 WHEN PRESIDENT. TRUMP BROKERED THE DEAL, REMEMBER, TO GET THE HOSTAGES. OUT IN EXCHANGE FOR PRISONERS TO. GO A CEASEFIRE AND ALSO TO GET. HUMANITARIAN RELIEF IN FOR THE. PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THEN THEY PUT TOGETHER A. FRAMEWORK GOING FORWARD WHICH. WOULD EVENTUALLY G GET HAMAS TO.

DISARM, GIVE UP POLITICAL AND. MILITARY CONTROL AND ISRAEL. WOULD PULL OUT OF THE GAZA AREA. BUT, OF COURSE, HAMAS HAS BEEN. RESISTING ALL OF THAT FOR MONTHS. SINCE THAT TIME. NINE MONTHS HAVE PASSED BUT THE. PERSISTENCE OF THE TRUMP TEAM. HERE DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT. AND ALSO EGYPT PARTICIPATING, TURKEY AND QATAR IN THIS. IS A WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAMAS WILLING.

TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION AND. WHY IS THAT TAKING PLACE? WELL, ONE, HAMAS HAD A TACTICAL. SUCCESS ON OCTOBER THE 7TH, '23. FOR SURE. BUT A STRATEGIC FAILURE. WHY IS THAT? THEIR ORGANIZATION, TWO THIRDS. OF THE FIGHTERS ARE DEAD. ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LEADERS ARE. DEAD. THEY ARE A SHATTERED. ORGANIZATION. NOT CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING ANY. CONSEQUENTIAL ATTACK ON ISRAEL. AND, AS SUCH, THE MAJOR. BENEFACTOR SINCE THAT SOMETIME. AT WAR WITH ISRAEL. THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE.

KIND OF SUPPORT AND SUSTAINMENT. TO HAMAS THAT THEY'RE USED TO. GETTING. ALSO, THEY HAVE RECEIVED. SUPPORT. PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT. IT FROM QATAR FOR YEARS AND. TURKEY AS WELL. AND THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING ANY. SUPPORT. THEY ARE CUTTING IT OFF FROM. THEM AND OTHER BENEFACTORS THAT. ARE INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS SEE NO. FUTURE IN THE ORGANIZATION. SO, FINANCIALLY, AND MATERIALLY, THEIR SUPPORT IS DRYING UP AND. THEY CAN'T RECOVER THEMSELVES. THAT IS ADDED PRESSURE IN TERMS. OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY TAKING PLACE. HERE.

NOW, THE KEY, GOING FORWARD, IS. GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTATION AND. VERIFICATION. I LOOKED AT THIS PROCESS, AND IT. LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD. PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF VERIFICATION IN. IT. PHASED IN TERMS OF HAMAS HAS TO. GIVE UP THE TUNNELS, THEIR. WEAPONS FRUKDZ, WEAPONS DEPOS, HEAVY WEAPONS, ROCKETS, MORTARS, EVENTUALLY THEIR ASSAULT. WEAPONS. ALL OF THAT IS PHASED. ISRAEL WOULD WITHDRAW FROM WHERE. IT IS RIGHT NOW TO THE YELLOW. LINE, WHICH IS STILL WELL WITHIN.

GAZA FOR SURE. A BUFFER ZONE THAT THEY. ESTABLISHED ON THE BORDER OF. ISRAEL AND GAZA ITSELF. ALL OF THIS WILL CERTAINLY TAKE. TIME AND WE CANNED TRUST HAMAS. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY LIE. AND THEY CHEATAT. THAT'S WHY THERE IS VERIFICATION. PROCESS THAT IS PHASED IN IS. GOING TO BE CRITICAL. AND EVENTUALLY, PALESTINIAN. COMMITTEE WOULD TAKE OVER. CONTROL THAT THIS IS THINGS ARE. WORKING OUT. THERE WOULD BE A PALESTINIAN. SECURITY FORCE AND AN. INTERNATIONAL STABILIZATION. FORCE HEADED U UP BY BY TWO STAR.

ARMY GENERAL. SO, THE PROCESS IS MOVING. FORWARD, MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT IT. WOULD NEVER GET MOVING FORWARD. BECAUSE OF HAMAS' RESISTANCE. BUT, THIS IS PROGRESS CREDIT THE. TRUMP TEAM FOR STAYING WITH THIS. AND NOT ABANDONING IT NINE. MONTHS LATER WE HAVE SOME. DAYLIGHT HERE AND HOPEFULLY A. PATH FORWARD THAT MAKES SENSE. FOR EVERYBODY. >> Brian: JUST SOME MECHANICAL. THINGS HAMAS SAYS WE ARE NOT. GOING TO DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE. GUARANTEE OF A PALESTINIAN. STATE. THEY HAVE SAID WE ARE GOING TO. FREEZE OR PUT ON ICE THEIR ARMS. AND REVEAL THOSE TUNNEL.

SITUATIONS. WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND, TOO. ISRAEL HAS NO INTEREST IN. RUNNING GAZA. THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN BEING. IN LEBANON. THEY ARE DOING IT FOR SECURITY. REASONS. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT, WHY ARE. THEY NOT SINAI PENINSULA. THEY CUT A PEACE DEAL WITH. EGYPT. THEY PULL OUT. THEY DON'T WANT TERRITORY. THEY WANT PEACE. WHO IS STOPPING IT? IT'S IRAN. WHICH BRINGS US TO THE NEXT. MOMENT. THE PRESIDENT IS GOING TO MEET. AMONG HIS MANY THINGS TALK ABOUT. AT CAMP DAVID IS WHETHER HE IS. GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH MANE. MAYBEOPERATION EPIC FURY 2 AND T.

HARD BECAUSE THEY'RE HITTING. VARIOUS GULF STATED ALLIES HARD. AND TRYING TO SPREAD THIS WAR. OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEEEE THE. PRESIDENT DO, GENERAL KEANE? >> WELL, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, LIKELY GOING THROUGH AN. ASSESSMENT OF WHERE ARE WE? WE WENT THROUGH A CEASEFIRE ON. APRIL THE 7TH. AND THEN NEGOTIATIONS ON THE. 8TH. THAT WAS AFTER 38 DAYS OF. OPERATION EPIC FURY. AND WE HAD ABOUT 14 DAYS TO GO. THE CEASEFIRE -- THE INCENTIVE. TO DO THAT WAS WHO?

IRAN WAS SAYING THEY WERE. WILLING TO TALK ABOUT REMOVING. RESTRICTIONS ON THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ. WELL, HERE WE ARE, ALMOST FOUR. MONTHS LATER, AND WE'RE NOWHERE. NEAR A DEAL OVER THE STRAIT OF. HORMUZ, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL. REASON FOR GOING TO THE. CEASEFIRE. THERE'S NO PROSPECTS, I THINK, OF ANY DEAL ON A NUCLEAR. ENTERPRISE, CERTAINLY I BELIEVE. OUR NEGOTIATING TEAM HAS GOT TO. COME TO THE CONCLUSION WE ARE. NOT GOING TO MAKE A DEAL WITH. THEM. NOW, THEY THOUGHT THE DEAL WAS. POSSIBLE. AND THEY KEPT TELL THAT TO THE.

PRESIDENT, FOR SURE. BUT THE FACTS SPEAK FOR. THEMSELVES AND TIME CERTAINLY IS. A DETERMINATION HERE. AFTER FOUR MONTHS, I DON'T THINK. WE ARE CLOSE TO EITHER ONE OF. THEM. WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS? LISTEN, WE GO BACK TO MAJOR. COMBAT OPERATIONS. GOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS LEFT TO. DO IT. ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES ARE. TARGET LIST HAS EXPANDED. REAR SIGNIFICANTLY BECAUSE OF. INTELLIGENCE THAT WE HAVE. OUR CAPABILITY HAS INCREASED. SINCE WE STOPPED OPERATION EPIC.

FURY ALMOST FOUR MONTHS AGO ON. THE ISRAELI SIDE AND ON THE U.S. SIDE. SO, IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE. COMPREHENSIVE. MORE MASSIVE. IT WILL FORCE, I BELIEVE, A. PATHWAY FOR THE REGIME TO. COLLAPSE. WE CAN ALSO CONDUCT COVERT. ACTIVITIES WITH THE CIA AND THE. MOSSAD TO HELP BREAK APART THAT. REGIME AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME. ASSISTANCE TO THE IRANIAN. PEOPLE. I THINK THAT IS THE MOST. REALISTIC PATH GOING FORWARD. AFTER WHAT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH.

ALMOST THE LAST FOUR MONTHS IN. TRYING TO NEGOTIATE WITH PEOPLE. WHO HAVE NO INTENTION TO MAKE A. DEAL. >> Brian: GENERAL, THANKS SO. MUCH. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ESCALATE. TO DIEST CAN A LATE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE. LOOKING AT NOW. GENERAL JA.