The Times of Israel reports: “Hamas on Sunday said it had instructed its government agencies to prepare to hand over their powers to the independent committee of Palestinian technocrats that is supposed to administer Gaza under US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan.
The statement came as Trump is expected to announce this week the makeup of the Board of Peace that is supposed to oversee the Palestinian committee.
‘Based on US President Trump’s statement of his intention to form a Board of Peace for the Gaza Strip, the Hamas movement has issued directives to all government entities and agencies to prepare to hand over all authorities to this independent Palestinian technocratic committee,’ Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said in a video statement.
‘This decision is clear and final, and there are also instructions to facilitate the success of this Palestinian [technocratic committee’s] work, in line with the higher national interest and in keeping with the plan to end the war on the Gaza Strip,’ said Qassem…”
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