Overview
- Palestinian sources say a 14-member committee led by former PA deputy minister Ali Shaath will manage services in Gaza under international oversight, with candidates tapped by Nickolay Mladenov and including private-sector and NGO figures.
- Reuters reports Hamas and Fatah have endorsed the committee list and members were due to meet Mladenov in Cairo, where talks are also turning to the terms of Hamas disarmament.
- Mladenov is set to serve as the on-the-ground representative for President Trump’s Board of Peace, which will guide high-level decisions; membership has not been formally announced, and reports of Keir Starmer joining remain unconfirmed by No 10.
- Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza governing bodies and has submitted 40 candidates for the technocratic panel, while the PA insists any interim authority must draw legitimacy from Ramallah.
- Key gaps persist, including an incomplete International Stabilization Force with limited troop commitments, a reconstruction funding shortfall reported near $1 billion versus tens of billions needed, ceasefire strains and the unresolved return of the body of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili.