Hamas to hand weapons over to National Committee for the Administration of Gaza if Israeli troops withdraw

Ghazi Hamad, a Hamas official involved in negotiations tells Reuters that the group will hand over its weapons to the new National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), the technocratic body set up to run the enclave.

Hamad reiterated that this was contingent on the withdrawal of Israeli forces, along with an increase in the flow of aid and goods into the territroy.

"We insisted to the mediators that Israel must abide by the agreement," he said.

Reporting by Reuters