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Winter Storms Kill Four in Gaza as Fragile Cease-Fire Faces New Strains

Hamas has agreed to cede governance to a technocratic committee under a U.S.-backed plan.

Overview

  • Overnight winds and heavy rain collapsed walls onto tents in Gaza City, killing two women, a 15-year-old girl, and a 72-year-old man, hospital officials said, as aid groups warn of inadequate shelter supplies.
  • An Israeli drone strike on Monday killed three Palestinians who crossed the truce line near the Morag corridor in central Gaza, according to hospital authorities.
  • Gaza’s Health Ministry reports 442 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire since the October cease-fire took effect, with additional child deaths from cold exposure during winter storms.
  • Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza administration once a nonpartisan technocratic committee takes control, while Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish and U.S. interlocutors held talks to prepare the agreement’s second phase.
  • U.S. officials are expected to announce members of a Council of Peace in the coming days to oversee the transition, and Israel has named Nickolay Mladenov as the council’s director-general.