### [2026-07-6](/feed/2026/07/6/index.md) ##### Middle Eastern crisis # Hamas announces that its government will step down to facilitate the transition of a technocratic administration in the Gaza Strip, as stipulated in the Gaza peace plan of October 2025. In response, the Board of Peace states that it will judge the implementation of these steps rather than mere statements. ### Sources: 1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/6/hamas-announces-dissolution-of-gaza-governing-body) 2. [The Jerusalem Post](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-901534) ### Changes: 1. Hamas announced its government will step down to facilitate the transition of a technocratic administration in Gaza, as stipulated in the Gaza peace plan of October 2025. In response, the Board of Peace stated that it will judge the implementation of these steps rather than mere statements. _2026-07-06 19:49:13 (First version)_ 1. Hamas announces that its government will step down to facilitate the transition of a technocratic administration in the Gaza Strip, as stipulated in the Gaza peace plan of October 2025. In response, the Board of Peace states that it will judge the implementation of these steps rather than mere statements. _(Current version)_ ### Related: 1. [The "Israel Hayom" newspaper reports that the Board of Peace will begin managing humanitarian shelter centers in areas of the Gaza Strip not under Hamas control. ](/feed/2026/06/30/the-israel-hayom-newspaper-reports-that-the-board-of-peace-will-begin-managing-humanitarian-shelter-centers-in-areas-o.md) _Context: Board of Peace, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis, its government_ 2. [Israel says its military has killed Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, a Hamas naval police commander who ran the Central Camps and took part in the October 7 attacks, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/06/28/israel-says-its-military-has-killed-mansour-sami-mahmoud-shahtout-a-hamas-naval-police-commander-who-ran-the-central-ca.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis_ 3. [The Israeli military confirms that Walid Haniyeh, a Nukhba Force deputy commander and nephew of former Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/06/27/the-israeli-military-confirms-that-walid-haniyeh-a-nukhba-force-deputy-commander-and-nephew-of-former-hamas-leader-isma.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis_ 4. [Hamas reaffirms that it is ready to hand control of governance of the Gaza Strip. ](/feed/2026/06/2/hamas-reaffirms-that-it-is-ready-to-hand-control-of-governance-of-the-gaza-strip.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis_ 5. [The Gaza health ministry updates the total Palestinian casualties to 72,549 killed and 172,274 injured, including at least 773 killed and 2,171 injured since the October 2025 ceasefire. ](/feed/2026/04/18/the-gaza-health-ministry-updates-the-total-palestinian-casualties-to-72549-killed-and-172274-injured-including-at-lea.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Gaza peace plan, Middle Eastern crisis_ 6. [Ceasefire mediators in Cairo, Egypt, give Hamas and all armed groups in the Gaza Strip 90 days to hand over their weapons in the coming months, including their missiles and rocket launchers along with their tunnel network. ](/feed/2026/03/20/ceasefire-mediators-in-cairo-egypt-give-hamas-and-all-armed-groups-in-the-gaza-strip-90-days-to-hand-over-their-weapon.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis_ 7. [Israeli air and drone strikes kill at least five people and injure several others in central and southern Gaza, despite an ongoing United States-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas. ](/feed/2026/02/27/israeli-air-and-drone-strikes-kill-at-least-five-people-and-injure-several-others-in-central-and-southern-gaza-despite.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Gaza peace plan, Hamas_ 8. [Al Jazeera reports that Hamas has agreed to retreat via Red Cross corridors from Gaza areas that are under Israeli control per the peace plan. ](/feed/2025/11/2/al-jazeera-reports-that-hamas-has-agreed-to-retreat-via-red-cross-corridors-from-gaza-areas-that-are-under-israeli-contr.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Gaza peace plan, Hamas_ 9. [At least 21 Palestinians are killed in a crowd crush at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) site in the Gaza Strip. The GHF attributed the stampede to armed agitators, while Hamas and Palestinian eyewitnesses said that Israeli soldiers sprayed people with pepper gas and opened fire. ](/feed/2025/07/16/at-least-21-palestinians-are-killed-in-a-crowd-crush-at-a-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-ghf-site-in-the-gaza-strip-the.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis_ 10. [Israeli Defense Minster Israel Katz orders the Israel Defense Forces to occupy new areas of the Gaza Strip, and threatens to annex sections of Gaza if Hamas refuses to release all its remaining Israeli hostages. ](/feed/2025/03/21/israeli-defense-minster-israel-katz-orders-the-israel-defense-forces-to-occupy-new-areas-of-the-gaza-strip-and-threaten.md) _Context: Gaza Strip, Hamas, Middle Eastern crisis_