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Shafaq News- Gaza
Hamas is preparing to dissolve its de facto governing
body in the Gaza Strip after nearly two decades in power, clearing the way for
a technocratic administration, two sources within the movement told Asharq
Al-Awsat on Sunday.
The Government Follow-up Committee, Gaza’s de facto
executive authority, could be dissolved as early as July 6, allowing the
National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), which is headed by
Palestinian official Ali Shaath and was formed about six months ago but has yet
to enter Gaza because of Israeli objections, to assume its role.
Asharq Al-Awsat indicated that Hamas and other
Palestinian factions are expected to meet in Cairo within the next two days to
narrow remaining disputes over the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire
agreement. Talks with Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators have resolved
several issues, leaving negotiations focused on the proposed roadmap’s eighth
clause concerning the future of weapons in Gaza.
Hamas, according to the sources, supports a gradual
process of placing weapons under the authority of a Palestinian body while
demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from areas still under Israel’s control,
estimated at about 70% of the territory.
The High Representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, has
arrived in Egypt to join the negotiations alongside US officials affiliated
with the Peace Board and members of the International Stabilization Force, the
newspaper said, but noted that it could not independently verify his
participation.
Last month, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem stated that
the movement had approached the latest round of negotiations “positively and
responsibly,” stressing there would be “no retreat” from transferring
administrative responsibilities in Gaza to the NCAG once it can assume its
duties.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously
declared that Gaza no longer posed a threat to Israel because of the military’s
presence in “a new security zone,” reiterating that reconstruction would not
proceed without disarmament.