The new Gaza technocratic committee won’t be entering Gaza in the near future, and IDF control isn’t going away anytime soon
But first, some context.
Earlier this week, reports emerged that the formation of a new technocratic board—intended to take over Gaza’s civil governance under Phase Two of Trump’s peace plan—has begun. There’s now talk of Hamas handing over control to this new committee, but not in the way you might think.
Hamas’s plan is likely to relinquish civilian administration so it can focus on its passion—exploiting Gazans and terrorizing Israel. Handing over its weapons—the critical element of the peace plan—would interfere with that mission. So, as has been made clear over the past couple of months, the task of disarmament won’t fall to the still-on-paper International Stabilization Force—it will fall to the IDF. That’s why the army is already planning an operation against Hamas’s home base, Gaza City, expected to begin in the coming months.