The Day Hamas Dissolved Its Gaza Government

The day's dominant editorial story was Hamas's formal dissolution of its Gaza government. Early morning headlines focused on renewed Israeli airstrikes killing at least six Palestinians, but by mid-morning, multiple outlets reported the resignation of the Emergency Committee head and the committee's dissolution, clearing the way for a National Committee to assume administrative control. This political shift, framed as a step to remove Israeli pretexts and enable reconstruction, drew broad factional welcome and public relief. By afternoon, editors highlighted Netanyahu's Lebanon peace overtures and a deadly drone strike on a school principal in Nabatieh. Evening coverage returned to Gaza's humanitarian crisis, with Euro-Med accusing Israel of creating a 'death camp' denser than Srebrenica, and settler sexual violence against Palestinian women.