Palestinian factions meeting in Cairo have submitted their official response to mediators regarding a roadmap proposed by UN Special Coordinator Nikolay Mladenov, as a senior Hamas source told Al Manassa the group has formed a committee to prepare for the handover of Gaza’s administration.
Hamas stated on Telegram that factions emphasized the need for Israel to fully implement the ceasefire agreement without fragmentation, urging mediators to ensure all requirements of the first phase are met without selectivity or delay.
The group’s response included a demand for a full halt to military operations in Gaza, the immediate implementation of humanitarian aid protocols, the opening of all crossings, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, allowing the administrative committee to operate, and the initiation of the reconstruction plan.
Mladenov arrived in Cairo Monday to conclude the round of talks regarding the roadmap for transitioning to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, and to discuss the factions’ final response, which included amendments to several clauses of the document he had previously submitted through mediators, two Palestinian sources familiar with the negotiations told Al Manassa.
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the amendments focused on the eighth and ninth clauses concerning the file of resistance weapons and individual firearms, as well as the mandate of the International Stabilization Force (ISF).
An agreement was reached stipulating that the force will not have any executive role in handling the resistance weapons file, and that its role in this context will be limited strictly to supervision.
According to Hamas’ statement, the factions remain in permanent session in Cairo to monitor both political and field developments, and to intensify efforts to secure a response to the demands aimed at easing the suffering of Gaza’s residents.
A Hamas leadership source told Al Manassa, on condition of anonymity, that the group has formed a committee comprising representatives from ministries, government departments, factions, and the UN to prepare for handing over public facilities to a national committee in Gaza and to draft a unified protocol for the process.
The formation of the committee, the source said, confirms Hamas’s full readiness to hand over the administration of the Strip to the national committee, facilitate its work, and show “good faith and seriousness” in implementing the provisions of the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement, which he alleged the Israeli government had not honored.
The broader diplomatic framework, a US plan agreed upon by Israel and Hamas, calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the start of reconstruction in exchange for the group’s disarmament.
It sets an eight-month timeline beginning with the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG)—a US-backed Palestinian technocratic committee—assuming responsibility for security in the Strip, and ending with the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces upon “final verification that Gaza is free of weapons.”
This follows developments in April 2026, when a Hamas delegation headed by Khalil Al-Hayya told Mladenov that they categorically rejected the US proposal to disarm the resistance in the Gaza Strip, calling it a violation of the original agreement and a reversal of the ceasefire understandings with Israel signed in October 2025.
