Conflict · Gaza handover stalledGaza Handover Stalled: Monitors Blocked at Door for 2.1 MillionAired August 23, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Monitors built to oversee Gaza0:01disarmament are still locked outside.0:04For about 2,100,000 Palestinians in0:06Gaza, that locked door holds everything:0:08clinics, schools, rubble clearance,0:11policing, aid, and reconstruction, while0:13more than 1,200 people have been killed0:15in daily attacks under a ceasefire that0:17halted major war fighting. Who moves0:19first when neither side will move0:20without a monitor to guarantee the other0:22side moves second? The trap is0:24sequencing. Israel demands full,0:26verified Hamas disarmament before any0:28further withdrawal. Hamas says it is0:30ready to hand over power, but insists on0:32seeing concrete Israeli withdrawal0:34commitments first. Each waits for the0:36other, and no monitor is inside to break0:38the tie. The October [music] 20250:40agreement halted major fighting, set a0:42partial Israeli pullback to the0:44so-called yellow line controlling about0:4653% of Gaza, exchanged hostages and0:49prisoners, and promised increased aid.0:51It left [music] the second phase0:52unresolved. Since then, families remain0:54displaced and the economy collapsed.0:57That is where the two bodies meant to0:58take the [music] next step should be.1:00They are not inside. They are operating1:02from Cairo, blocked from entering1:04through Rafah. The architecture [music]1:06exists on paper. The National Committee1:08for the Administration of Gaza was1:09created in January 2026 [music]1:12under UN Security Council Resolution1:142803 and President Donald Trump's1:16comprehensive [music] plan, overseen by1:18the United States-led Board of Peace.1:20The International Stabilization [music]1:21Force is the temporary UN-mandated1:23multinational force also authorized by1:26Resolution [music] 2803, meant to1:28separate forces, monitor the ceasefire,1:30train a new vetted Palestinian police1:32force, secure aid, and support1:33demilitarization.1:34>> [music]1:35>> Monitoring and destroying tunnels,1:36weapon stockpiles, and production1:38facilities, and assist the committee. It1:40is not a policing force for Palestinian1:41[music] society. The committee is1:43technocratic and apolitical, made up1:45exclusively of qualified Palestinians1:47from Gaza, [music]1:48initially about 12 members toward 15.1:51Commissioners include Abdel Karim Ashour1:53for agriculture and others for1:55communications, [music] social security,1:57health, housing, and municipal affairs.1:59Its mandate is day-to-day civil2:01administration and public services,2:03[music] not security. The force is2:05planned and led by the United States2:07with Major General Jasper Jeffers2:09referenced in oversight contexts.2:11[music] Potential troop contributors2:12named include Indonesia, Turkey, Egypt,2:15Morocco, Kosovo, Albania, and Kazakhstan2:17with more than 5,000 [music]2:18personnel discussed. No large-scale2:20United States ground deployment inside2:22Gaza is confirmed. Some committee2:24members have offered resignations over2:26the paralysis. The July 31 Board of2:29Peace [music] 15-point roadmap endorsed2:31by Hamas envisaged phased linkage,2:33halted operations, committee [music]2:35entry, weapons inventory, and2:36decommissioning of heavy weapons and2:38tunnels verified by an international2:40verification committee of guarantors,2:42the board and the force,2:43>> [music]2:43>> then phased withdrawals under one2:45authority, one law, one weapon, with2:47weapons to transfer to the committee2:48[music] and force under potential2:50oversight by United States General.2:52After Kushner led mid-August talks, the2:54United States and board position shifted2:56closer to Israel, requiring a visible2:58Hamas disarmament [music] step first.3:00Mediators Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey3:02continued to back the original phased3:04linkage. Hamas, holding about [music]3:0635% of territory with an estimated 7,0003:09fighters in one-sided estimate [music]3:10attributed to Kjersti Halberg, announced3:12in July the dissolution of its emergency3:14government structures under Mohammad3:15al-Farra [music] and readiness to3:16transfer civilian authority while3:18keeping civil servants in professional3:19roles and interior security structures3:21until the committee [music] assumes3:22them. Israel dismissed it as a3:24Hezbollah-like model to retain armed3:26control. The committee says it is ready3:28only with a single authority, clear3:30mandate, [music] and unified security3:32framework. Fighter numbers remain3:33disputed. Pre-war estimates were 25,0003:37and no verified weapons, tunnels, or3:39stockpiles inventory exists. Without the3:42committee, no administration can take3:43responsibility for services. Without3:45[music] the force and its verification3:47committee, there is no neutral3:49inventory, no monitored tunnel3:50destruction, [music]3:51no buffer, and no protected aid3:53corridor. The calendar hardens the3:55deadlock. Israeli legislative elections3:57are scheduled for October [music] 27th,3:592026, after Knesset dissolution in July.4:02That vote is widely seen as removing any4:04incentive for the current government to4:05approve further withdrawals without full4:07disarmament first, pushing any decision4:09on allowing the committee and force to4:11enter past the election, unless external4:13pressure changes the calculation.4:15Like and follow for more stories that4:17matter.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSSThe shortThe short ↗Related coverageBackgroundOct 19 23:54 UTCTen detentions after West Bank attacks, but Levine’s case remains unresolvedBackgroundOct 8 01:54 UTCForty Minutes Too Late: October 7 Families Demand Answers Before Israel’s Election