Overview
- Hamas announced on Monday that it has dissolved the Committee of Emergency and its interim head resigned to clear the way for the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) to assume civilian duties.
- The NCAG, led by Ali Shaath, says it is fully prepared to take over day-to-day administration but cannot begin work because Israel continues to bar the committee from entering Gaza.
- Israel has insisted that Hamas must disarm before any transfer of authority and warned the dissolution could be symbolic if armed groups remain in control of security.
- International actors including the UN and the US-led Peace Board have cautiously welcomed the step and said they will judge progress by actions on the ground rather than statements.
- Hamas said technical and professional public staff will remain temporarily to keep services running, leaving Gaza in a fragile administrative limbo with urgent humanitarian and reconstruction needs still unmet.