Hamas Dissolves Gaza Governing Bodies To Facilitate Transfer To Palestinian National Committee

Hamas announced on Monday, July 6, 2026, that it would dissolve the governing bodies that had administered the Gaza Strip for nearly twenty years, in line with the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.

“By Meriem Laribi for Palestine Media Agency, July 6, 2026”

Agence Media Palestine

The decision followed the resignation of the president of the government’s emergency committee, Mohammed Al-Farra, who “officially submitted his resignation,” according to Ismaïl Al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas government’s media office.

Agence Media Palestine

Hamas said the move would facilitate the administrative transition toward the Palestinian National Committee for the Administration of the Gaza Strip, described in the reporting as the NCAG, which is tasked with managing day-to-day civil affairs.

Al Jazeera reported that Mohammed al-Farra “has decided to submit his official resignation from his position and to announce the dissolution of the Government Emergency Committee,” framing it as part of agreed arrangements to implement the ceasefire.

The dissolution was presented as a political shift by Hamas that would clear the way for a technocratic committee to implement civilian rule while the unresolved issue of Hamas’s disarmament remained central to the transition.

The UN said it had taken note of Hamas’s announcement and welcomed steps that contribute to ceasefire implementation, with UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric telling reporters, “we've taken note of Hamas' announcement concerning the dissolution of the Government of Emergency Committee.”

Dujarric added that the UN “welcome[s] any step that contributes to the implementation of the ceasefire agreement,” while also stressing support for “unified Palestinian governance under the Palestinian Authority.”

Al Jazeera

In parallel, Israel’s reaction described the resignation as lacking practical effect, with KAN citing an unnamed official calling it “a deception with no practical significance because its members remained in their positions.”

Daily Sabah reported that the move was intended to eliminate pretexts for Israeli interference, but it also said Israel continued to reject Hamas governing the enclave while rejecting a direct takeover by the Palestinian Authority at this stage.

Al Jazeera’s reporting from Gaza City said the announcement appeared “politically significant,” while also stressing that it did not mean Hamas was relinquishing its political or military role, but rather “stepping back from the direct civilian government in Gaza.”

The dissolution of Hamas’s emergency governance came as the disarmament question remained unresolved, with the sources tying the next phase of any transition to whether Hamas would disarm under the ceasefire roadmap.

Agence Media Palestine said the ceasefire agreement provided for an International Stabilization Force (ISF) to secure the Gaza Strip during the transition, but that “to date, the ISF has not been deployed to the territory.”

It also described a plan that, if Hamas persisted in refusing disarmament, the Peace Council would establish closed, demilitarized humanitarian cities beginning in the Rafah area in southern Gaza, with residents who refused to move facing being bombed 24/7 by Israel.

Meanwhile, Anadolu Ajansı reported that UN data from the UN 2720 Mechanism showed a decline in supplies brought in last month to “less than 42,000 pallets, down from about 46,600 in May,” and said only “42% of the supplies from Egypt” and “65% of the supplies from Ashdod port” were offloaded last week at Karem Abu Salem.

The sources also said Israel continued daily attacks despite the ceasefire, while restricting agreed quantities of food, medicines, medical supplies, temporary shelters and prefabricated housing into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians, including 1.5 million displaced people, were living in dire humanitarian conditions.