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, and Hamas, which has controlled Gaza since 2007, jointly appointing a committee of up to 15 politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip.
The officials said the plan would follow a ceasefire agreement with Israel.
Months of talks brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar aimed at halting the fighting in Gaza have yet to yield an agreement between Israel and Hamas.
U.S. and other officials expressed hope in recent days that a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group could help to push along the Gaza ceasefire efforts.
