By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Adam Makary and Ahmed Tolba
(Reuters) – Senior officers of the rival Palestinian teams Fatah and Hamas are assembly in Cairo to debate forming a committee to handle Gaza’s post-war governance, an Egyptian safety supply was quoted as saying by Egypt’s Al Qahera Information TV on Saturday.
The talks are a part of Egypt’s broader mediation efforts to dealer a ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hamas and to increase humanitarian entry to the enclave.
Leaders from Hamas and the Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met in Cairo final month to debate forming the committee primarily based on a proposal put ahead by Egypt, however talks have been adjourned for later dialogue, sources near the talks instructed Reuters.
The sources mentioned the committee can be made up of unbiased Palestinian figures not aligned to a selected motion, addressing the query of who would run Gaza after the year-long warfare is over.
Israel rejects any function by Hamas in Gaza after the warfare is ended and has mentioned it would not belief the rival Palestinian Authority of Abbas to run the enclave both.
Mediators, together with Egypt and Qatar with backing from the USA, have to date did not safe a truce that may finish the Gaza warfare and facilitate a launch of Israeli and international hostages held by Hamas, together with 1000’s of Palestinians detained by Israel.
Hamas is urgent for an finish to hostilities whereas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the warfare will proceed till Hamas is dismantled.
Hamas political official Izzat al-Risheq dismissed proposals of restricted or non permanent truces as “smokescreens”.
“We are positively open to any proposals or ideas that ensure the cessation of aggression and the withdrawal of occupation forces from Gaza,” al-Risheq mentioned in a press release.
The battle continues to precise a heavy humanitarian toll, with medics reporting that 5 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp on Saturday.
Palestinian well being officers mentioned a minimum of 60 individuals had been killed by Israeli army strikes throughout Gaza Strip since Friday.
The warfare erupted after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 individuals and taking 251 hostages again to Gaza, in accordance with Israeli tallies.
Israel’s retaliatory offensives have killed greater than 43,000 Palestinians and diminished most of Gaza to rubble.
