Overview
- Hamas said it will dissolve its Gaza administration once a nonpartisan Palestinian technocratic committee assumes control, offering no timetable for the handover.
- A Hamas delegation, led by negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, is heading to talks with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators as spokesperson Hazem Kassem urges rapid formation of the committee.
- President Donald Trump is pressing to convene the Peace Council at Davos this month to steer the second phase, and Israel has selected ex-UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov as the council’s director-general.
- Despite the October 10 ceasefire, Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in the latest incidents in Gaza and local health officials report more than 440 deaths since the truce, while the Israeli military says its actions respond to violations.
- Humanitarian conditions remain dire, with medical sources reporting a seven-day-old infant died of hypothermia, and Israeli police questioned Netanyahu aide Tzachi Braverman over alleged obstruction in a classified-leak probe.