The Palestinian Authority announced the formation of a new cabinet on Thursday, facing international pressure for reform.
President Mahmoud Abbas, who has led the Palestinian Authority for nearly two decades and still retains full control, announced the formation of the new government in a presidential decree. None of the incoming ministers are well-known figures.
Abbas appointed long-time adviser Mohammad Mustafa as prime minister earlier this month. Mustafa, a politically independent, U.S.-educated economist, has vowed to form a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to help rebuild Gaza.
The Palestinian Authority administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. After Hamas seized power in 2007, its forces were driven out of Gaza and it has no power there.
The United States has called for a revitalized Palestinian Authority to run post-war Gaza ahead of eventual statehood.
Israel rejected the idea, saying it would maintain unlimited security control over Gaza.
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