Gaza would be fully demilitarised through a negotiated process that includes the decommissioning of Hamas weapons and an internationally funded buyback programme for them, the US envoy to the UN said on Wednesday.

Mike Waltz told the UN Security Council that Hamas must not have any role in the future governance of Gaza, "directly or indirectly, in any form".

β€œAll military terror and offensive infrastructure, including tunnels and weapon production facilities, will be destroyed and not rebuilt," he said.

Mr Waltz, who was

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