Source: The New Arab [UK]
“Gaza native and former Palestinian Authority deputy minister Ali Shaath will head the new technocratic committee set to administer the devastated Gaza Strip, mediating countries announced on Wednesday. A seasoned civil servant largely unknown to the wider public, Shaath was born in the southern city of Khan Younis in 1958, later leaving to study in Cairo, a family member told AFP news agency. He became a civil engineer, and previously served as the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority’s deputy minister of planning and international cooperation, as well as undersecretary for the ministry of transportation and communications, among other portfolios. … He told the broadcaster he had been contacted about the post by Bulgarian diplomat and politician Nickolay Mladenov. Under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, Shaath’s committee would operate under the supervision of a so-called ‘Board of Peace,’ expected to be led on the ground by Mladenov and chaired by Trump himself.” (01/15/26)
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-engineer-ali-shaath-tapped-administer-gaza