Cairo, Oct. 25 -- The main Palestinian factions, including Hamas, have agreed to form an independent committee of technocrats to administer post-war Gaza, according to a joint statement issued after talks in Cairo on Friday, October 24.

The agreement came during two days of Egyptian-mediated discussions aimed at unifying Palestinian positions and determining arrangements for the governance of Gaza once the war formally ends.

According to the statement published on Hamas's official website, the factions agreed to hand over the administration of Gaza to "a temporary Palestinian committee composed of independent technocrats, which will manage daily affairs and basic services in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions....