CAIRO – Hamas said on Monday it had dissolved its de facto government in Gaza and was ready to hand over to a group of Palestinian technocrats — a move it described as a step forward in a U.S.-backed plan for the enclave, but Israel dismissed as a “stunt.”
The militant group’s promise to end its body overseeing ministries — which has run for more than a decade — was a key part of the plan for a civilian-ruled, post-war Gaza set out by U.S. President Donald Trump after the start of a fragile ceasefire with Israel in October.
Hamas said the ministries themselves and the staff it had appointed would stay in place and it would still oversee security and policing in parts of Gaza left under its control following the U.S.-brokered truce.