The militant group is meant to relinquish management of the enclave and disarm below US President Donald Trump’s peace plan
Hamas has mentioned that it is able to totally hand over governance of Gaza to a Palestinian technocratic committee below US President Donald Trump’s peace plan.
The Nationwide Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) was created as a part of a shaky ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel backed by Washington, which got here into impact late final 12 months.
“All ministries, businesses, and departments, even within the safety sector, are prepared handy over all information to the unbiased committee,” Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem instructed AFP in an interview revealed on Wednesday.
“The committee will then enter the Gaza Strip. The handover course of will comply with,” he mentioned, claiming that every one the groundwork for a complete switch of governance of the Palestinian enclave has been ready.
Hamas is now “able to enter all tracks of the second part” of Trump’s peace plan, Qassem added.
The militant group’s handover of management and its disarmament is envisioned as the following step within the US president’s roadmap for settling the Hamas-Israel battle and rebuilding of Gaza.
A day earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that West Jerusalem is not going to enable the reconstruction of the largely destroyed enclave to start till Hamas totally disarms.
“Israel will preserve safety management” over each Gaza and the West Financial institution, he added, reiterating that he is not going to enable the formation of a Palestinian state.
Based on Trump’s peace plan, day-to-day governance in Gaza is predicted to be carried out by the NCAG, a group of 15 Palestinian technocrats. The physique is to work below the management of a “Board of Peace,” chaired by the US president.
Regardless of the Trump-backed ceasefire settlement, each Israel and Hamas have routinely accused one another of violations. The armistice paused a battle which started on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing round 1,200 individuals and taking greater than 250 hostage. West Jerusalem responded with a blockade and army operation in opposition to Gaza, which has killed practically 72,000 Palestinians, in line with the enclave’s Hamas-controlled Well being Ministry.
