Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem called the announcement on the second phase an "important positive development" and said they are "fully prepared to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip" to the NCAG.

Ali Shaath, the Palestinian former government official chosen to administer Gaza under a U.S.-backed deal, has an ambitious plan that includes pushing war debris into the Mediterranean Sea and rebuilding destroyed infrastructure within three years.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more challenging elements will be carried out.

Israel placed and later moved control markers in three areas, with placed deeper inside Gaza than maps suggested.

U.S. President Donald Trumpsaid on Thursday he was backing the newly appointed "Palestinian Technocratic Government" in Gazawhere Washington has announced the launch of a second phase in a ceasefire that went into effect in October but remains fragile.

U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, on Wednesday announced the establishment of a technocratic Palestinian body that will play a role in administering the war-ravaged territory under a phased U.

It will see the beginning of the "demilitarization and reconstruction of Gaza, primarily the disarmament of all unauthorized personnel," Trump's envoy said.

The U.S. announced the launch of “Phase Two” of President Donald Trump’s Gaza cease-fire plan on Wednesday, officially embarking on the “demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction” of the territory.

A senior figure in the armed wing of Hamas, a Hamas policeman, and a senior figure in the militant group Islamic Jihad were among at least ten people killed on Thursday in a series of Israeli strikes across Gaza,

The United States says it’s moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan involving disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs.

Strong winds collapsed war-torn buildings over makeshift camps in Gaza, killing at least 8 Palestinians this week, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Half of the dead are infants who died of hypothermia,