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title: "Hamas Dissolves Its Gaza Governing Body, Clearing a Path for a Technocratic Committee"
description: "Hamas said on Monday it has dissolved the committee that has run day-to-day government in the Gaza Strip, a step meant to let a Palestinian technocratic body take over civilian administration under the US-brokered ceasefire. The move leaves the harder question of Hamas's disarmament unresolved."
category: "World"
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author: "Priya Sharma"
published: 2026-07-06T10:22:00.000Z
updated: 2026-07-06T10:22:00.000Z
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# Hamas Dissolves Its Gaza Governing Body, Clearing a Path for a Technocratic Committee

Hamas said on Monday it has dissolved the committee that has run day-to-day government in the Gaza Strip, a step meant to let a Palestinian technocratic body take over civilian administration under the US-brokered ceasefire. The move leaves the harder question of Hamas's disarmament unresolved.

Hamas said on Monday that it has dissolved the committee that has administered the Gaza Strip, a significant step toward handing civilian government to a Palestinian technocratic body under the ceasefire agreement reached with Israel last October. The group has run Gaza since it seized control from the rival Palestinian faction Fatah in 2007.

## What Hamas announced

A Hamas official said the movement had decided to dissolve its Gaza government committee and appoint a widely accepted figure to oversee affairs until a new administrative body formally takes over, [Arab News reported](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2649826/middle-east). Israeli media described the move as clearing the last internal obstacle to the handover, though Hamas has signalled it intends to keep its armed wing intact for now, [Haaretz reported](https://www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-07-06/ty-article/.premium/report-hamas-to-dismantle-gaza-government-before-technocratic-committee-entry/0000019f-3471-d851-a5bf-76fd6c060000).

## The body meant to take over

The dissolution is designed to make way for the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, a body of Palestinian technocrats and independents headed by the official Ali Shaath, which is meant to run civilian affairs without representation from Hamas or the Palestinian Authority. The committee was created under the Board of Peace, the oversight structure set up when US President Donald Trump brokered the ceasefire in October, [PBS News reported](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hamas-says-it-will-dissolve-its-gaza-government-upon-new-palestinian-body-taking-over).

For months the committee has remained based outside Gaza, its entry into the territory delayed by Israeli objections and by the practical difficulty of standing up an administration in a war-shattered strip. Hamas has repeatedly said since the ceasefire took hold that it is willing to step back from governing; Monday's announcement is the clearest move yet to act on that.

## What remains unresolved

Handing over civilian administration does not settle the central dispute of the ceasefire's next phase: whether, and how, Hamas will disarm. The group has tied any disarmament to an Israeli withdrawal and progress toward Palestinian statehood, and has suggested it might retain some weapons or a role in policing. Israeli and Western officials, in turn, remain wary that Hamas could keep real power beneath a civilian facade.

The second phase of the ceasefire, covering Israeli withdrawal and disarmament, has been stalled since early this year. Whether the new committee can actually govern will depend on Israel allowing its members in, on reconstruction beginning, and on the disarmament question moving forward, none of which Monday's announcement resolves on its own.

## Sources

- [Hamas dissolves Gaza governing body: group official](https://www.arabnews.com/node/2649826/middle-east)
- [Report: Hamas Expected to Dismantle Its Gaza Government Ahead of Technocrat Committee's Entry](https://www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-07-06/ty-article/.premium/report-hamas-to-dismantle-gaza-government-before-technocratic-committee-entry/0000019f-3471-d851-a5bf-76fd6c060000)
- [Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government upon new Palestinian body taking over](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/hamas-says-it-will-dissolve-its-gaza-government-upon-new-palestinian-body-taking-over)