The Hamas militant group dissolved its administrative government in the Gaza Strip on Monday, July 6, 2026, transferring local authority to a United Nations-backed technocratic committee amid an existing U.
S. -brokered ceasefire agreement.
The administrative shift aims to hand over day-to-day operations to professional staff under the Cairo-based National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, chaired by engineer Ali Shaath.
During a news conference at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Ismail al-Thawabta, general director of the Hamas-run Government Media Office, outlined the status of civil servants under the new arrangement.
"All employees working in service provision are 'state employees' and are fully prepared to work under the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza," said al-Thawabta.
The announcement represents an administrative step toward fulfilling the broader regional peace framework, according to statements from organizational representatives.
"A positive step forward on the path to implement the ceasefire deal," said Hazem Qassem, a Hamas spokesperson.
The Board of Peace, a new governing and rebuilding entity led by President Donald Trump, issued a response on X stating it would assess the developments based on "actions, not promises."
In an official statement on X, committee chairman Ali Shaath detailed the specific operational environment required for his administrative team to succeed.
"A single governing authority operating under one legal framework" and "a unified security apparatus accountable to that authority," stated Shaath.
The transition arrives nine months after the initial ceasefire was signed, though negotiations between Israel and Hamas remain deadlocked over the implementation of its second phase.
Israel dismissed the administrative resignation as an irrelevant political maneuver that does not alter the underlying militant influence.
"The alleged resignation of the Hamas government, where all of the Hamas members stay in their positions, is a spin that has no significance," said an anonymous Israeli official.
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that Israel's military offensive has killed 73,098 Palestinians since the war began on October 7, 2023, following a Hamas-led attack that killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
Israeli strikes continue almost daily, with health officials reporting at least five people killed in Gaza City and Khan Younis on Monday, while five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the October 10 ceasefire took effect.
