Palestinians say Hamas and Fatah are close to an agreement on a committee to administer postwar Gaza

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Palestinians say ****** and ****** are close to an agreement on a committee to administer postwar Gaza

CAIRO (AP) — ************ officials say ****** and ****** are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively end ******’ rule and could help advance ceasefire talks with *******.

The rival factions have made several ******* attempts to reconcile since ****** seized power in Gaza in 2007. ******* has meanwhile ruled out any postwar role in Gaza for either ****** or ******, which dominates

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A ************ Authority official on Tuesday confirmed that an agreement had been reached following weeks of negotiations in Cairo. The official said the committee would have 12-15 members, most of them from Gaza.

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It would report to the ************ Authority, which is headquartered in the ********-occupied West Bank, and work with local and international parties to facilitate humanitarian assistance and reconstruction.

A ****** official said that ****** and ****** had agreed on the general terms but were still negotiating over some details and the individuals who would serve on the committee. The official said an agreement would be announced after a meeting of all ************ factions in Cairo, without providing a timeline.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media on the talks. There was no immediate comment from *******.

******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war until ****** is dismantled and scores of hostages are returned. He says ******* will maintain

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, with civilian affairs administered by local Palestinians unaffiliated with the ************ Authority or ******.

No Palestinians have publicly volunteered for such a role, and ****** has threatened anyone who cooperates with the ******** military.

The ******* States has called for a revitalized ************ Authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza ahead of eventual statehood. The ******** government, which is opposed to ************ statehood, is reportedly discussing a postwar plan with the ******* ***** Emirates, which normalized relations with ******* in 2020 and

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The ****** official said the emerging ************ agreement would fulfill one of *******’s war goals by ending ******’ rule in Gaza. It’s unclear if ******** officials would see it that way.

The ************ Authority, which administers parts of the occupied West Bank, recognizes ******* and cooperates with it on security matters, a policy

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, many of whom view it as a subcontractor of the occupation. ******* says the authority has not done enough to combat militancy or curb incitement.

The committee would assume its responsibilities after a ceasefire agreement with *******, the ****** official said. ********* and ***** mediators have spent nearly a year trying to broker such an agreement, but

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****** ignited the war with its Oct. 7, 2023, ******* into *******, in which ************ militants ******* some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250. Some 100 hostages remain inside Gaza, at least a third of whom are *****.

*******’s retaliatory offensive has ******* over 44,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to local health authorities, who do not say how many of the ***** were combatants. The offensive has leveled much of the coastal territory and displaced the vast majority of its 2.3 million residents.

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Federman reported from Jerusalem.

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