foreign media: two major palestinian factions reach consensus on management of gaza strip
2024-09-27
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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 27. according to saudi arabian media reports on the 26th, hamas and fatah, the two major political factions in palestine, have reached consensus on arrangements for the management of civil affairs in the gaza strip.
al-arabiya television reported, citing hamas sources, that hamas agreed not to control crossings into the gaza strip in the future. hamas and fatah will continue talks next week.
this is a tent area housing displaced people in the jabaliya area in the northern gaza strip, taken on september 22. published by xinhua news agency (photo by mahmoud zaki)
fatah is the mainstream faction of the palestine liberation organization and controls the palestinian national authority. after the conflict between hamas and fatah broke out in 2007, hamas controlled the gaza strip and fatah actually controlled the west bank.
palestinian officials have begun consultations on forming a technocratic government in the gaza strip that would unite palestinian political factions, al arabiya reported earlier.
palestinian president and fatah chairman mahmoud abbas said in an interview with the russian sputnik news agency in august that the governance of the gaza strip should be handed over to the legitimate palestinian authorities and that the plan proposed by israel is unacceptable.
on september 26, local people were transporting water in deir el-bayrah, a city in the central gaza strip. published by xinhua news agency (photo by marwan daoud)
in february this year, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu proposed a post-war plan for the gaza strip, which included the israeli military maintaining freedom of movement throughout the gaza strip indefinitely "to prevent the resurgence of terrorist activities"; in addition to maintaining public order the gaza strip will be completely disarmed if necessary; responsibility for civil administration and maintaining public order in the gaza strip will be given to "local organizations with administrative experience" rather than the palestinian authority. the plan triggered criticism from pakistan and the international community.
it has been nearly a year since a new round of palestinian-israeli conflict broke out. according to data released by the gaza strip health department on the 26th, israeli military operations in the gaza strip have resulted in more than 41,000 palestinian deaths and more than 96,000 injuries. (chen lixi)
source: xinhua news agency client
