Hamas said it will dissolve its existing Gaza government once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under a U.S.-brokered peace plan. The group did not say when the change will occur, and it also did not provide specifics on the timing and process for the transition.
Hamas and the rival Palestinian Authority have not announced the names of the technocrats, who are described as not supposed to be politically affiliated. It remained unclear whether Israel and the U.S. would clear the committee members, according to the report.
The “Board of Peace,” an international body led by Donald Trump, is supposed to oversee the government and other aspects of the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10. The board members have not been announced, and the report said the U.S. had reported little progress on disarmament, an international security force, additional Israeli troop pullbacks, and Gaza’s reconstruction.
As the ceasefire deal moved forward, the post-ceasefire death toll continued to rise in Gaza. The report said Israeli gunfire killed three Palestinians, according to Palestinian hospital officials, even as the ceasefire began with a halt in fighting and a hostage-for-prisoners exchange.
The deal is still in its first phase as efforts continued to recover the remains of the final hostage left in Gaza. Separately, an Egyptian official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Hamas was sending a delegation to talks with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish officials about moving to the second phase.
The Egyptian official said Hamas would meet with other Palestinian factions this week to finalize the committee’s formation, with the Hamas delegation chaired by top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya. In comments posted on his Telegram channel, Hazem Kassem, a Hamas spokesperson, called for speeding up the establishment of the technocratic committee.
Trump has said the Board of Peace will monitor the committee and handle disarmament of Hamas, the deployment of an international security force, additional pullbacks of Israeli troops and Gaza’s reconstruction. The report said the board’s members were expected to be announced this week.
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov has been selected as the board’s director-general, according to the report. The report also said Netanyahu had selected Mladenov after previously appointing him as a U.N. Middle East peace envoy from 2015 to 2020, with prior working relations with Israel.
The report also described ongoing diplomatic activity involving Israel and Japan. Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met in Jerusalem with Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, with Saar saying Israel was committed to enforcing Trump’s plan, while Motegi expressed Japan’s willingness to play an active role in the ceasefire, according to Japan’s foreign ministry.
Violence continued alongside the diplomatic and governance discussions, according to the report. It said two men were shot dead in Bani Suhaila and that Nasser Hospital received the bodies, and it said a man was killed by Israeli gunfire in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City and that Al-Ahly hospital received the body.
In response to questions about the Tuffah incident, Israel’s military said it had fired at and hit a “terrorist” in northern Gaza who had approached troops. In a later statement, the military said it had killed a “terrorist” in southern Gaza who approached troops.
The report also said Israeli and Hamas each accused the other of violating the ceasefire. It added that continued Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 400 Palestinians, according to local health officials, while the Israeli military said its actions since the ceasefire began were in response to violations of the agreement.
Separately in Israel, the report said Israeli police were questioning Tzachi Braverman, described as a top official from Netanyahu’s office, over possible obstruction of an investigation into last year’s leak of classified military information to a German tabloid. Israeli media identified Braverman as Netanyahu’s chief of staff, expected to start as the next ambassador to the United Kingdom in coming months.
The report said Braverman was questioned after earlier related allegations involving Netanyahu’s inner circle and a suspected leak tied to public perception following the 2024 killing of six hostages in Gaza. It reported that opposition leader Yair Lapid called for suspending Braverman’s appointment in a post on X, while Saar defended the appointment and said Braverman would not be removed until formally charged or tried.