Hamas offers to hand over authority in Gaza to US-backed administration

[BWdem4life]

(judicious snip)

While announcing that it was ready to hand over security as part of a transition, the Hamas statement made no promise to disarm unilaterally as Israel and the US have demanded.

(judicious snip)

Analysts said the Hamas announcement was largely a symbolic gambit aimed at reviving a stalled peace process that has blocked reconstruction and humanitarian relief for Gaza’s surviving 2.1 million population.

They also said the move was designed to counter Israeli-led proposals to limit relief, reconstruction and NCAG* governance to a tiny proportion of Gaza’s population in purpose-built villages in the roughly 60% of Gaza under direct Israeli army control.

(one more judicious snip)

The prospect of a political transition still appears remote. The NCAG is overseen by the Board of Peace established by Donald Trump as part of a ceasefire plan his administration brokered in October.

* NCAG: The interim administration to which Hamas has offered to transfer governance, known as the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza)

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I think you can probably guess my opinion from the paragraphs I chose to include.

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More:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/06/hamas-offers-hand-over-authority-gaza-us-backed-administration

[OC375]

1. Gaza? There's no Gaza anymore.

[yardwork]

2. Why do you say that?

[OC375]

4. Israel pretty much demo'ed it.

Hyperbole, to an extent.

I could hang an asterisk off the statement with a thesis on who, what and how, or use a cute sarcasm emoji... But it looks like an "everyone lost", what's even left, sort of thing to me. What a waste.

[edhopper]

3. Hamas fucked up with their idiotic, brutal attack Oct 7

They thought they would show they could hurt Israel.
Never figuring that the leader of Israel was as bloodthirsty as they were.
Now Gaza is in ruins and they will never be allowed to be in power.