Hamas warns of Israeli efforts to create ‘administrative vacuum’ in Gaza

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Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem and Director of the Government Media Office in Gaza Ismail Al-Thawabta deliver a press statement outside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following the announcement that the head of the Government Emergency Committee had resigned and the committee had been dissolved as part of the transfer of governance in the Gaza Strip to the National Gaza Administration Committee, on July 6, 2026, in Deir al-Balah, Palestine. [Moiz Salhi - Anadolu Agency]https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/AA-20260706-41891548-41891544-GAZA_EMERGENCY_COMMITTEE_DISSOLVED_AMID_GOVERNANCE_TRANSFER_PLAN_IN_DEIR_ALBALAH.jpg" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" width="1200" />
Hamas said on Monday that the dissolution of the Gaza government’s emergency committee is part of the arrangements to transfer administrative responsibilities to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), warning that Israel is trying to create an “administrative vacuum” in the territory.

In a statement, the group said it remains “fully committed” to implementing all provisions of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and will continue to abide by it until the administration of the territory is fully transferred to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.

Hamas said the dissolution of the emergency committee and the resignation of its head, Mohammed Abdel Khaleq Al-Farra, who also served as acting head of the Government Follow-up Committee, are part […]

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