Overview
- Multiple Palestinian groups, including Hamas, endorsed handing day-to-day administration of Gaza to an independent technocrat committee in a joint statement issued after Cairo talks and published by Hamas.
- The statement did not address disarming Hamas or excluding it from politics, and it urged Israel to withdraw remaining forces, open crossings for aid, and begin comprehensive reconstruction while noting a UN resolution on prospective peacekeepers.
- The technocrat transition aligns with President Donald Trump’s 20‑point plan, which envisions Gaza governed by a temporary Palestinian technocrat body under international oversight.
- The U.S. military is flying drones over Gaza with Israeli consent to create an independent picture of ceasefire conditions, supporting a multinational coordination center in southern Israel.
- International personnel, including about 200 U.S. troops, staff the center for ceasefire monitoring and aid logistics, while some U.S. and Israeli figures privately criticize the drone surveillance as intrusive and the truce continues to see sporadic incidents and casualties.