Hamas, Fatah agree on joint committee to run post-war Gaza

Palestinians walk in a devastated neighbourhood due to Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip on December 2, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)
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CAIRO: Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly administer post-war Gaza, negotiators from both sides said Tuesday.
Under the plan, which needs Abbas’s approval, the committee would be composed of 10 to 15 non-partisan figures with authority on matters related to the economy, education, health, humanitarian aid and reconstruction, according to a draft of the proposal seen by AFP.