Khaberni - Khalil Al-Hayya, the leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in Gaza, said that the movement reached an understanding with the Fatah movement and Palestinian factions on forming a committee to manage the Gaza Strip and deploying international forces to separate and monitor the ceasefire agreement.
Al-Hayya explained in an interview on Al Jazeera that the proposed international body would be responsible for bringing funds for the reconstruction of Gaza and fully supervising the process, emphasizing the need for a UN resolution to define the powers of those forces.
He stressed that Hamas has no reservations about any national figure managing the sector, and that it would transfer all powers to the administrative committee, including the security file.
He added that the movement had previously submitted to Egypt a list of more than 40 independent figures to manage the sector, calling for the rapid announcement of the committee.
He clarified that the committee's mission would end with the holding of general elections or the formation of a national unity government, confirming that the goal is to reunify the Palestinian ranks because the people are one and want one authority.
Regarding the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, Al-Hayya said that the Israeli occupation failed to achieve its goals over two years of war, and that Hamas would not give it any excuse to resume it.
He added that the movement handed over 20 living Israeli prisoners and 17 bodies of the occupation's dead after the war, noting difficulties in locating some of the bodies due to the martyrdom of those who buried them.
He revealed an agreement to bring in Egyptian equipment and machinery to search for the bodies of Israeli prisoners, confirming that the movement is committed to the agreement despite repeated Israeli breaches.
He mentioned that he informed the American envoys Steve Whitcov and Jared Kushner that Hamas advocates for stability, and that President Donald Trump is capable of restraining the occupation, adding that the movement will not allow the war to return despite the continued occupation obstructing reconstruction and the opening of the Rafah crossing.
Regarding the resistance's weapons, Al-Hayya clarified that they are linked to the existence of the occupation, and will become part of the state's arsenal after its end, pointing out that the weapon file is discussed with the factions and mediators within a national consensus.
He also emphasized that Gaza needs six thousand aid trucks daily to meet its needs, accusing the occupation of obstructing the entry of aid and acting as if the war is still ongoing.
Al-Hayya concluded by saying that the Gaza Strip lost more than 10% of its population between martyrs, wounded, prisoners, and missing during the war that started in October 2023 and lasted for two full years, resulting in over 68,000 Palestinian martyrs and about 170,000 wounded, most of them women and children.
Since October 7, 2023, the state of occupation - with American and European support - has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, including killing, starving, destroying, displacing, and detaining, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to stop it.
The genocide left more than 238,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, in addition to hundreds of thousands of displaced persons and a famine that claimed many lives, most of them children, as well as the complete destruction and erasure of most of the cities and areas of the sector from the map.
