Fatah’s delegation was headed by central committee member Azzam al-Ahmad, who is in charge of the party’s Gaza file. The Hamas team was led by politburo deputy chief Khalil al-Hayya who is also on the five-man group that succeeded Yahya Sinwar after he was assassinated by Israel in October.

Palestinian officials said Tuesday that Fatah and the militant group Hamas were close to an agreement on a plan for administering post-war Gaza. The plan would see Fatah, which governs part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank,

Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It

The committee “administers the Gaza Strip, and its reference is the Palestinian government and is responsible for all fields," the alleged document stated.