United States-brokered \u201cceasefire\u201d with Israel<\/a> took effect in Gaza last October, the group has repeatedly said it is prepared to step aside from day-to-day governance, but the question of its disarmament remains unresolved.<\/p>\nMohammed al-Farra, head of the government\u2019s emergency committee, \u201chas decided to submit his official resignation from his position and to announce the dissolution of the Government Emergency Committee, as a demonstration of the seriousness of these measures, in implementation of the agreed arrangements, and to facilitate the administrative transition process\u201d, read a statement released by Gaza\u2019s Government Media Office on Monday.<\/p>\n
A Hamas official said the group wished for the swift entry of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), a body which is tasked with overseeing the future administration of Gaza under a US-backed plan to end Israel\u2019s genocidal war on the Palestinian territory.<\/p>\n
\u201cHamas has taken a new step in that it will no longer be in charge of the Gaza Strip, in order to remove any pretexts for the occupation, which continues its aggression and war of extermination,\u201d Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope for the swift entry of the [NCAG], and Hamas affirms its readiness to hand over governmental responsibilities to the committee to ensure its success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera\u2019s Hani Mahmoud said Hamas\u2019s announcement appears to be \u201cpolitically significant\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been viewed as part of the concession from the Hamas side in order to move the negotiations forward, to pave the road for the technocratic committee to arrive to the Gaza Strip and take responsibility after months of an increasing power vacuum there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahmoud stressed that the move doesn\u2019t mean that Hamas is relinquishing its political or military role in Gaza, but rather \u201cstepping back from the direct civilian government in Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n
The head of the NCAG welcomed Hamas\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe affirm that the [NCAG] is fully prepared to assume its national responsibilities as soon as the necessary resources and capabilities are available,\u201d Ali Shaath, head of the committee, wrote on social media.<\/p>\n
Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative overseeing the US-founded Board of Peace for Gaza, which would supervise the NCAG\u2019s work, said the decision \u201cunderscores the importance of bringing the roadmap discussions to a successful conclusion\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the bridge between declarations and implementation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Mladenov noted that once an agreement is reached on the remaining implementation provisions, the NCAG will be able to assume its responsibilities.<\/p>\n
The NCAG has remained based outside Gaza for months, reportedly due to Israeli objections to its entry into the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n
Israel has ruled out allowing Hamas to rule the enclave but has also rejected a direct takeover by the Palestinian Authority, which controls the occupied West Bank, at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Palestinian technocratic committee will take its place to manage the enclave\u2019s day-to-day governance. The Palestinian group Hamas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[50,234,51,85,46,44,47,43,48,238],"class_list":["post-527989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-gaza","tag-government","tag-hamas","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-conflict","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-palestine","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}