{"id":531331,"date":"2026-07-08T14:04:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531331\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:04:44","slug":"hamas-dissolves-gaza-government-in-move-israel-calls-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531331\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas dissolves Gaza government in move Israel calls \u2018stunt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamas said on Monday it has dissolved its de facto government in Gaza and is ready to hand over to a group of Palestinian technocrats \u2014 a move it described as a step forward in a US-backed plan for the enclave but Israel dismissed as a \u201cstunt\u201d.<\/p>\n

The militant group\u2019s promise to end its body overseeing ministries \u2014 which has run for more than a decade \u2014 was a key part of the plan for a civilian-ruled, post-war Gaza set out by US President Donald Trump after the start of a fragile ceasefire with Israel in October.<\/p>\n

Hamas<\/a> 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 US-brokered truce.<\/p>\n

Trump board says it will watch \u2018actions, not promises\u2019<\/p>\n

The Trump-appointed board of peace, set up to monitor the plan, said it noted Hamas\u2019 move. But it added that \u201cultimately, our assessment will be guided by actions, not promises, to meet the critical needs of the people of Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar dismissed Hamas\u2019s announcement. The group\u2019s \u201capparent willingness to \u2018make room\u2019 for a technocratic government is designed to prevent its own disarmament,\u201d Saar said on X. \u201cAs long as Hamas retains its weapons, any civilian government will of course operate as Hamas dictates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israel insists on the full implementation of Trump\u2019s plan, including Hamas laying down its weapons, he said.<\/p>\n

Hamas has accused Israel of repeatedly violating the ceasefire and failing to go through with other parts of the plan, which calls for Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza.<\/p>\n

The small coastal enclave remains in ruins more than 2 years after the latest Gaza conflict was triggered by Hamas\u2019 October 7 2023, raids on Israel.<\/p>\n

Hamas has refused to disarm until Israel halts attacks in Gaza<\/a>, the latest of which killed five people on Monday, medics in the enclave said. Israel says its attacks in Gaza since the ceasefire have been aimed at thwarting militant threats.<\/p>\n

In a press conference in Gaza City on Monday, Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas government media office, said the head of the \u201cgovernment emergency committee\u201d oversight body had resigned and that the body itself had been dissolved.<\/p>\n

This is \u201ca demonstration of the seriousness of these measures, in implementation of the agreed arrangements, and to facilitate the administrative transition process\u201d, Thawabta said.<\/p>\n

Under the Trump-backed plan, Hamas is supposed to hand over government oversight to a National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, a US-backed group of Palestinian technocrats.<\/p>\n

The head of that national committee, Ali Shaath, said his 15-member committee was ready to assume its responsibility in Gaza as soon as the \u201cnecessary resources and enabling conditions for its work are in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fundamental requirements for the commission\u2019s success are the existence of one authority and one law under a clear reference framework, and one weapon subject to that authority,\u201d Shaath wrote in a post on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n

Israeli strikes kill five in Gaza, medics say<\/p>\n

Israeli troops control more than 60% of Gaza, patrolling what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes as a buffer zone to deter Hamas attacks. Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from the territory.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s devastating aerial and ground bombardment of Gaza displaced nearly the entire population of 2-million people, most of whom now live in tents or damaged buildings in a narrow coastal strip of territory governed by Hamas.<\/p>\n

Gaza health officials said an Israeli airstrike killed a couple in an apartment in Gaza City\u2019s Tel Al-Hawa neighbourhood on Monday. The Israeli military said the strike targeted and killed Fadi Ashour Daghmash, a Hamas armed commander.<\/p>\n

Two other strikes \u2014 one on a tent housing displaced people and another on a vehicle in Khan Younis in the south \u2014 killed three people and wounded at least 20 others, medics said.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on those two incidents.<\/p>\n

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