Hamas Dissolves Gaza Governing Body for 15-Member Transition as Military Wing Stays Intact
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Updated · Arab News · Jul 15
Hamas Dissolves Gaza Governing Body for 15-Member Transition as Military Wing Stays Intact
3 articles · Updated · Arab News · Jul 15
Summary
July 6 marked Hamas’ formal dissolution of Gaza’s Government Emergency Committee, with chief Mohammed Al-Farra resigning to clear the way for the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.
The 15-member technocratic body—backed by Trump’s Gaza plan and endorsed in UN Security Council Resolution 2803—is meant to run civilian services and reconstruction while existing civil servants stay in place.
Hamas cast the move as support for the ceasefire process and a response to Gaza’s worsening crisis, after a war that followed the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that killed about 1,200 in Israel and has killed at least 75,000 in Gaza, according to local sources.
Israel dismissed the step as a stunt, and Palestinian Authority figures have similarly called it deception, because Hamas is keeping its armed wing and has not accepted disarmament or a reworked security structure.
That leaves the transition uncertain: the NCAG remains outside Gaza amid Israeli objections, and analysts say any real transfer of power depends on security control, reconstruction access and broader political backing.