Trump is expected on Wednesday to push ahead with his phased plan for Gaza’s future by announcing the administration that will run the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
– Israel and Hamas in October signed off on Trump’s 20-point plan which says that a technocratic Palestinian body overseen by an international “Board of Peace” is meant to govern Gaza for a transitional period.
– It is not to include Hamas representation.
– The 14-member Palestinian body will be headed by Ali Shaath, a former deputy minister in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority who had been in charge of developing industrial zones
– Other members tapped by Nickolay Mladenov, the former U.N. Middle East envoy who is expected to represent the Board of Peace on the ground, include people from the private sector and NGOS.
– The first phase of Trump’s plan, which included a ceasefire and hostage release deal, has been shaken by issues including Israeli airstrikes in Gaza that have killed hundreds of people, a refusal by Hamas to disarm, the remains of one last Israeli hostage still not having been returned and Israeli delays in reopening Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt.
– Trump says he wants to move on to the second phase, a progression that would entail the establishment of the Board of Peace and a yet-to-be-agreed deployment of peacekeeping forces.
– Hamas leaders and other Palestinian factions are in Cairo for talks on the second phase.
– Egyptian sources said talks with Hamas would now focus on the group’s disarmament.
– Hamas has so far not agreed to lay down its weapons, saying it will only give up its weapons once there is a Palestinian state.
– Members of the technocratic Palestinian committee were expected to meet with Mladenov in Cairo on Wednesday.
– Hamas and its rival Fatah group, led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, have both endorsed the list of members.
– It will also include the head of the Gaza Chamber of Commerce Ayed Abu Ramadan and Omar Shamali, who has worked for the Palestinian Telecommunication Group PALTEL.
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