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Technocratic Committee Takes Gaza Civil Affairs, Hamas Retains Clan Influence

7/22/2026

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Hamas dissolved its emergency governing committee and its acting chairman resigned, opening a technocratic National Committee to run Gaza.
The technocratic committee, led by former Palestinian Authority official Ali Shaath, will run civilian affairs and reconstruction while Hamas is excluded.
Hamas is reportedly placing loyalists as mukhtars, clan council members and heads in refugee camps and tent villages, and allegedly offers clans preferential treatment and humanitarian aid to secure dependence.

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Hamas dissolved its emergency governing committee and its acting chairman resigned, opening a technocratic National Committee to run Gaza.
The technocratic committee, led by former Palestinian Authority official Ali Shaath, will run civilian affairs and reconstruction while Hamas is excluded.
Hamas is reportedly placing loyalists as mukhtars, clan council members and heads in refugee camps and tent villages, and allegedly offers clans preferential treatment and humanitarian aid to secure dependence.