Palestinian committee set to manipulate Gaza below U.S. supervision meets in Cairo

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The Palestinian committee set to manipulate Gaza below U.S. supervision met for the primary time on Friday in Cairo, as its chief pledged to get to work shortly to enhance circumstances there.

Ali Shaath, an engineer and former Palestinian Authority official from Gaza, expects reconstruction and restoration to take about three years. He plans to focus first on quick wants, together with shelter.

"The Palestinian individuals have been trying ahead to this committee, its institution and its work to rescue them," Shaath stated after the assembly, in an interview with Egypt's state-owned Al-Qahera Information.

U.S. President Donald Trump helps the group's efforts to guide Gaza after the two-year battle between Israel and Hamas. Israeli troops withdrew from elements of Gaza after the ceasefire took impact on Oct. 10, and at the moment are behind the so-called Yellow Line, whereas hundreds of displaced Palestinians have returned to what's left of their properties and strikes have been reported nearly every day.

"I'm backing a newly appointed Palestinian Technocratic Committee, the Nationwide Committee for the Administration of Gaza, supported by the Board's Excessive Consultant, to manipulate Gaza throughout its transition," Trump stated Thursday in a social media put up.

The committee will run day-to-day affairs in Gaza, below the oversight of a Trump-led "Board of Peace," whose members haven't but been named.

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U.S. particular envoy Steve Witkoff stated in a social media put up on Wednesday that the ceasefire deal was getting into a part centered on demilitarizing Gaza, establishing a technocratic authorities and reconstruction. Nonetheless, Witkoff didn't provide any particulars in regards to the new transitional Palestinian administration that will govern Gaza. Israel and Hamas have accused one another of ceasefire violations in Gaza. For the reason that begin of the truce in October, greater than 440 Palestinians, together with greater than 100 kids, and three Israeli troopers have been reported killed.

The ceasefire has additionally been examined by the failure to retrieve the stays of 1 final Israeli hostage, Israeli delays in reopening Gaza's border crossing with Egypt and Hamas's refusal to this point to disarm.

By urgent on with the second part of the ceasefire, Washington and its mediator companions might want to sort out the vexing challenges of disarming Hamas, additional Israeli withdrawal tied to the disarmament and deploying a world peacekeeping pressure.

14-year-old killed by Israeli forces in West Financial institution Within the West Financial institution, associates and relations gathered Friday to mourn the loss of life of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces.

The Palestinian Well being Ministry, which confirmed his loss of life, stated Mohammad Na'san was the primary baby killed by the military within the occupied West Financial institution in 2026.

Residents stated Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear fuel in an unprovoked assault. Israel's army stated in a press release that the incursion got here after Palestinians had hurled rocks at Israelis and set tires aflame.

"There was gunfire directed at residents and farmers, essentially the most harmful of which occurred throughout the storming of the village as individuals have been leaving the mosques. The streets have been crowded with the aged, kids, ladies and elders, and so they started firing relentlessly," stated Ameen Abu Aliya, head of the Al-Mughayyir village council.

The loss of life was the newest episode of violence to hit al-Mughayyir, a village east of Ramallah that has grow to be a flashpoint within the West Financial institution. A lot of the neighborhood's agricultural land falls below Israeli army management.

Earlier this yr, settlers and Israeli army bulldozers destroyed olive groves within the space, saying they have been trying to find Palestinian gunmen. A kids's park in al-Mughayyir was additionally demolished.

In 2025, 240 Palestinians — together with 55 kids — have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers within the West Financial institution, whereas Palestinians killed 17 Israelis — together with one baby — within the area, in response to the United Nations.

In the meantime, two kids have been killed on Friday in Gaza: a seven-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy. They have been killed in Beit Lahiya, close to the Yellow Line, and their our bodies taken to al-Shifa Hospital, the hospital stated.