Hamas Ready for Gaza Power Handover to Technocratic Committee
Hamas says it’s fully ready to hand over administrative powers in Gaza to a technocratic committee, aiming for a smooth post-war transition amid ongoing violence.
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Hamas says it’s fully ready to hand over administrative powers in Gaza to a technocratic committee, aiming for a smooth post-war transition amid ongoing violence.
Hamas officials have opened talks in Cairo to form a technocratic committee to govern Gaza under a US-brokered ceasefire plan unveiled last October.
Hamas says a delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya landed in Cairo on Jan. 13 to discuss first-phase ceasefire terms, including opening the Rafah crossing and forming a technocrats’ committee.
Fatah insists a PA-led committee govern Gaza to secure international backing and prevent a deeper Gaza-West Bank split amid a fragile truce.
Hamas will dissolve its Gaza government bodies and transfer duties to an independent technocratic committee ahead of the ceasefire’s second phase.
Israel says it struck and killed two senior Hamas militants in recent airstrikes, while Gaza health authorities report 14 deaths in the past 24 hours amid ongoing tensions.
Hamas has given preliminary approval for a limited international force to monitor the Gaza ceasefire, stressing Palestinian consent and rejecting any attempts to disarm its resistance fighters.
The U.S. is gearing up to launch Phase 2 of the Gaza peace plan before Christmas, focusing on Hamas’ phased disarmament and a new Board of Peace amid a fragile October ceasefire.
Israel’s military dismissed three generals and disciplined other officers this week, blaming them for failing to stop Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack after a report highlighted systemic failures.
China and Russia criticized the US-drafted UN Security Council resolution on Gaza as vague and unclear, and Hamas rejected its call for an international stabilization force.