This photo of a TV screen shows the new spokesperson for the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, in Bureij refugee camp Central of Gaza Strip on December 29, 2025. Hamas’ armed wing confirmed on December 29 the death of its spokesperson, Abu Obeida, months after Israel announced that he had been killed in an air strike in Gaza. Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released a video statement on its Telegram channel, saying: “We pause in reverance before, the masked man loved by millions, the great martyred commander and spokesperson of the Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida”. Israel had announced it had killed Abu Obeida in a strike on Gaza on August 30. (Photo by AFP)
Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced Monday the dissolution of the body that has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades, clearing the way for a technocratic committee to implement civilian rule.
“The head of the government’s emergency committee Mohammed al-Farra has officially submitted his resignation. He has also decided to dissolve the committee to facilitate the administrative and governmental transition to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG),” Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Hamas’ government media office told AFP.
The NCAG was created by the Board of Peace that US President Donald Trump established when he brokered the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in October 2025.
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