US EditionGaza Truce Plan Entering Phase Two as Governance Body Formed, US Says
The US-proposed Palestinian National Transitional Committee will manage Gaza's daily life and aid amid ceasefire efforts, with about 15 world leaders expected to join the Board of Peace.
- Recently, mediators and Palestinian factions backed plans to form a Palestinian National Transitional Committee, with Hamas and Islamic Jihad supporting the effort and Badr Abdelatty, Egyptian Foreign Minister, hoping it will soon deploy to Gaza.
- Disarmament requirements and Hamas's limits on governing roles complicate progress, as the second phase of the truce includes disarmament, which Hamas refuses, and Hamas will monitor governance without governing.
- Nickolay Mladenov, Bulgarian diplomat and politician, is expected to lead the Board of Peace on the ground, while media say former US President Donald Trump will announce members including around 15 world leaders.
- Amid pressure from hostage families, Israel says it will not start phase two until Ran Gvili is returned, and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum with Gvili's family urged Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, to honour his commitment.
- In Cairo, mediators held talks focused on withdrawal of Israeli forces, reopening the Rafah crossing, allowing stockpiled aid from Egypt, and the Ramallah-based Palestinian presidency backed the committee.
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The USA announced today that the next, second phase of the implementation of the cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip is beginning.
Gaza: Post-war administration takes shape under phase two talks
A Palestinian technocratic committee has been formed to administer the Gaza Strip. The committee is headed by Dr Ali Abdel Hamid Shaath. Its creation is part of the second phase of the US peace plan for Gaza, launched by US president Donald Trump. The stated aim is to stabilise the truce and improve humanitarian conditions. The announcement followed consultations between Palestinian factions in Cairo. These talks focused on accelerating the shif…
Among other things, a transitional government and an international stabilisation force are planned. The reconstruction of the Gaza Strip is also to be started. Many points are still unresolved.
Egypt announced a consensus on the names of the members of the Palestinian Committee. The Egyptian government announced on Wednesday that a "consensus" had been...
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