Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader: We will monitor Gaza Administration Committee, support its work

Khaled Al-Batsh, coordinator of the national and Islamic forces in Gaza and a member of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said the formation of the national committee to manage Gaza is “an urgent step and a bridge forward.”

Al-Batsh told reporters on Thursday that Palestinian factions “will not stop at simply supporting the national committee. We will monitor its work and performance, and provide help and guidance where needed,” according to the Palestinian Sama News Agency.

He added that Palestinian factions have no comment for now on US President Donald Trump’s peace council, but stressed that “what matters is that the committee performs its role professionally. The factions will not obstruct its work or place obstacles in its way.”

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The Palestinian leader also called for national unity to end the political division and lay the foundation for a comprehensive national stage that restores the political system based on partnership rather than exclusion.

He urged the national committee to return to Gaza, start its work, and begin implementing plans for recovery, community relief, and ultimately the reconstruction of the territory.

Al-Batsh described Israeli threats to hinder the committee’s work as “a display of the bullying exercised by Netanyahu’s government in full view of the world.”

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