"We proposed that a non-partisan government with national competence govern Gaza and the West Bank after the war," Hossam Badran, a member of the political wing of the Palestinian movement, said in a statement about the ongoing indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas under the mediation of Qatar. from Egypt and the United States.
"The administration of Gaza after the war is an internal Palestinian matter that should not suffer any external interference, and we will not discuss (post-war) Gaza with any foreign party," Badran added.
However, a Hamas leader told the AFP news agency, on condition of anonymity, that this non-partisan government's proposal had been presented "to the mediators".
This government will have to manage "the affairs of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in the first phase of the post-war period" and "chart the path to general elections", the source said.
The war broke out on October 7, following Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israeli soil, which resulted in the deaths of around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, according to Israel.
Of the more than 250 people kidnapped, 116 are still hostages in Gaza, 42 of whom were declared dead by the Israeli army.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to end Hamas in retaliation for the Palestinian group's attack and Israel's military campaign against the Gaza Strip devastated the small territory, leaving more than 38,000 dead, most of them civilians, according to data of the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
The current negotiations, which the international community intends to lead to the end of the war, are taking place in Doha and Cairo.
In the capital of Qatar, the ceasefire and the modalities for the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners are being negotiated, as well as the way in which the Gaza Strip should be administered after the war.
In Cairo, discussions focus on how to increase humanitarian aid to Palestinian territory and, in particular, the conditions for reopening the Rafah crossing point, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, and its control.
On Thursday, the Israeli Prime Minister met with the head of the Israeli delegation that returned from Doha, David Barnea, director of Mossad (intelligence services), to take stock of the progress of the talks, according to an official statement.
According to the same note, a delegation led by the head of the Shin Bet (internal security), Ronen Bar, would go to Cairo on Thursday night "to continue the talks."
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