The rival factions have made several failed attempts to reconcile since Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007. Israel has meanwhile ruled out any postwar role in Gaza for either Hamas or Fatah, which dominates the Western-backed Palestinian Authority.

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,

Gaza Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah are close to reaching an agreement on the creation of a non-partisan committee of technocrats to run postwar Gaza, including the strip's land crossing with Egypt,

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.