Khalil al-Hayya

Palestinian group Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly run post-war Gaza, negotiators from both sides said on Tuesday.

With Sinwar now dead for 72 hours, the succession is a pressing issue not only for Hamas and Israel but also for the other “regional players” in the area.

A senior Hamas official has conveyed the movement's readiness to entertain a five-year truce with Israel, agreeing to disarm and transition into a political entity on the condition of Palestinian statehood recognition within the pre-1967 borders. Khalil al-Hayya representing Hamas in negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza and the exchange of hostages and prisoners, disclosed this stance in an in

A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.