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this Palestine Establish a committee for management Gaza The group under U.S. supervision held its first meeting in Cairo on Friday, with its leaders pledging to work quickly to improve conditions there.
Ali Shaath, Engineer, Ex. Palestinian Authority Gaza officials expect reconstruction and recovery to take about three years. He plans to focus on immediate needs first, including housing.
“The Palestinian people are looking forward to this committee, its establishment and its work to save them,” Shas said in a television interview with Egypt’s state-run Al-Qahera News after the meeting.
President of the United States Donald Trump Support the group’s efforts to lead Gaza after two years of war between Israel and Hamas. After the ceasefire came into effect on October 10, Israeli troops withdrew from parts of Gaza and are now behind the so-called Yellow Line, while thousands of displaced Palestinians have returned to their homes.
“I support the newly appointed Palestinian technical expert committee, the Gaza National Governing Council, with the support of the Council’s senior representatives, to govern Gaza during the transition period,” Trump said in a social media post on Thursday.
The committee will handle day-to-day affairs in Gaza under the supervision of Trump’s “Peace Council”, whose members have not yet been appointed.
West Bank mourns death of boy
exist west bankFriends and family gathered Friday to mourn a 14-year-old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed Mohammad Nathan’s death and said he was the first child killed by military forces in the occupied West Bank in 2026.
Residents said Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas in unprovoked attacks. The Israeli military said in a statement that the incursion came after Palestinians threw rocks at Israelis and set tires on fire.
“There were shots fired at citizens and farmers, the most dangerous of which was during the attack on the village as people were leaving the mosque. The streets were crowded with old people, children, women and old people, and they started shooting mercilessly,” said Ameen Abu Aliyah, chairman of the Mugayel village council.
The death is the latest violent incident in Mugayel. Mugayel is a village east of Ramallah that has become a hotspot in the West Bank. Much of the community’s farmland is under Israeli military control.
Earlier this year, settlers and the Israeli military used bulldozers to destroy olive groves in the area, saying they were searching for Palestinian gunmen. A children’s park in Mugayel was also demolished.
According to the United Nations, 240 Palestinians (including 55 children) were killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank in 2025, while Palestinians killed 17 Israelis (including one child) in the area.
Meanwhile, two children, a 7-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, were killed in Gaza on Friday. The hospital said they were killed in Besrahiya, near the Yellow Line, and their bodies were taken to Shifa Hospital. No further details are available at this time.
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Associated Press writers Jalal Bwaitel and Imed Isseid contributed reporting from Ramallah and Wafaa Shurafa in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip.