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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Jerusalem and Seham Tantesh in Gaza

Hamas offers to hand over authority in Gaza to US-backed administration

The pair stand at a worn wooden podium with a microphone during an outdoor press conference
A Hamas spokesperson, Hazem Qassem (left), and the director of the government media office in Gaza, Ismail al-Thawabta, give a press statement outside al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Gaza on Monday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Hamas has announced its intention to hand over governing authority in Gaza after two decades in power, and has invited a US-backed interim administration to take over the running of the Palestinian territory.

It was not immediately clear how far Monday’s announcement would go towards strengthening an only partially observed ceasefire in Gaza or improving conditions in the besieged coastal strip which is still in the midst of a humanitarian crisis.

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