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Hamas said Sunday (January 11, 2026) it volition dissolve its existing authorities successful Gaza erstwhile a Palestinian technocratic enactment committee takes implicit the territory, arsenic mandated nether the U.S.-brokered bid plan. But the radical gave nary specifics connected erstwhile the alteration volition occur.
Hamas and the rival Palestinian Authority, the Palestinians’ internationally recognized representative, person not announced the names of the technocrats, who are not expected to beryllium politically affiliated, and it remains unclear if they volition beryllium cleared by Israel and the U.S.
The “Board of Peace,” an planetary assemblage led by Mr. Trump, is expected to oversee the authorities and different aspects of the ceasefire that took effect connected October 10, including disarming Hamas and deploying an planetary information force. The board’s members person not been announced.
Meanwhile, the post-ceasefire decease toll continued to emergence successful Gaza, with Israeli gunfire sidesplitting 3 Palestinians, according to Palestinian infirmary officials.
The ceasefire began with a halt successful warring and the merchandise of hostages held successful Gaza successful speech for thousands of Palestinians held by Israel. The woody is inactive successful its archetypal signifier arsenic efforts proceed to retrieve the remains of the last hostage near successful Gaza.
An Egyptian official, who spoke connected information of anonymity to sermon closed-door information, said Hamas was sending a delegation to talks with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish officials astir moving to the 2nd phase.
In comments posted connected his Telegram transmission Sunday (January 11, 2026), Hazem Kassem, a Hamas spokesperson, called for speeding up the constitution of the technocratic committee.
The Egyptian authoritative said Hamas volition conscionable with different Palestinian factions this week to finalise the committee’s formation. The Hamas delegation volition beryllium chaired by apical negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, the authoritative said.
Mr. Trump has said the “Board of Peace” volition show the committee and grip the disarmament of Hamas, the deployment of an planetary information force, further pullbacks of Israeli troops and Gaza’s reconstruction. The U.S. has reported small advancement connected immoderate of these fronts, though the members of the committee are expected to beryllium announced this week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday (January 8, 2026) that Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov has been selected arsenic the board’s director-general. Mladenov is simply a erstwhile Bulgarian defence and Foreign Minister who served arsenic U.N. envoy to Iraq earlier being appointed arsenic the U.N. Mideast bid envoy from 2015 to 2020. During that time, helium had bully moving relations with Israel and often worked to easiness Israel-Hamas tensions.
Also Sunday (January 11, 2026), Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar met successful Jerusalem with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. Mr. Saar said Israel was committed to enforcing Mr. Trump’s plan, portion Mr. Motegi expressed Japan’s willingness to play an progressive relation successful the ceasefire.
According to Japan’s Foreign Ministry, Mr. Motegi visited the Civil-Military Coordination Center, wherever the ceasefire is being monitored. He was besides acceptable to conscionable Mr. Netanyahu and Palestinian officials successful the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
In Gaza, 2 men were changeable dormant successful the confederate municipality of Bani Suhaila, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Earlier Sunday (January 11, 2026), a antheral was killed by Israeli gunfire successful the Tuffah vicinity of Gaza City, according to Al-Ahly hospital, which received the body.
In effect to questions astir the Tuffah incident, Israel’s subject said it had fired astatine and deed a “terrorist” successful bluish Gaza who had approached troops. In a aboriginal statement, the subject said it had killed a “terrorist” successful confederate Gaza who approached troops.
Israel and Hamas person accused each different of violating the ceasefire. Continued Israeli strikes successful Gaza person killed much than 400 Palestinians, according to section wellness officials.
The Israeli subject says immoderate actions since the ceasefire began person been successful effect to violations of the agreement.
Israeli constabulary said Sunday (January 11, 2026) they were questioning a apical authoritative from Mr. Netanyahu’s bureau implicit imaginable obstruction of an probe into past year’s leak of classified subject accusation to a German tabloid.
Israeli media identified the authoritative arsenic Tzachi Braverman, Netanyahu’s main of staff, who is expected to commencement arsenic the adjacent ambassador to the United Kingdom successful the coming months.
He’s the latest authoritative to beryllium caught up successful the scandal, successful which Mr. Netanyahu’s interior ellipse is accused of leaking confidential accusation to German tabloid Bild to amended nationalist cognition of the premier curate pursuing the sidesplitting of six hostages successful Gaza successful 2024.
It comes aft an explosive interrogation by Kan News with erstwhile Mr. Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who described a clandestine gathering with Braverman successful an underground parking batch successful the mediate of the nighttime successful transportation with the leak. Mr. Feldstein, who has been indicted, said Mr. Braverman offered to “shut down” the probe into the leaked information.
Opposition person Yair Lapid instantly called for the suspension of Braverman arsenic ambassador. “It is unacceptable that a idiosyncratic suspected of engagement successful obstructing a superior information probe should beryllium the look of Israel successful 1 of Europe’s astir important countries,” Mr. Lapid wrote connected X.
In response, Mr. Saar defended Braverman’s assignment and said helium would not beryllium removed from it until formally charged oregon tried.
