Overview
- Hamas announced on Monday that it had dissolved the de‑facto civilian governing committee and that longtime crisis‑committee chair Mohammed al‑Farra resigned.
- The group said it will hand civilian administration to a 15‑member National Committee for the Administration of the Gaza Strip (NCAG) while leaving ministries staffed by existing civil servants.
- Hamas explicitly rejected unconditional disarmament and said its armed structures and control over security in parts of Gaza will remain intact.
- The NCAG was created under President Trump’s Peace Board, has so far met in Cairo and has not been allowed into Gaza, and Trump’s board says it will judge Hamas by actions not words.
- Israel called the announcement a “trick” and Israeli officials and international donors say any recognition, reconstruction funding and phased security arrangements depend on verifiable disarmament and access for the technocrats.