Hamas agrees to weapons handover, UN interim administration proposed for Gaza

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Nikolai Mladenov, head of the Gaza peace board, told UN representatives that Hamas and the armed groups in Gaza agreed for the first time to hand over their weapons and transfer security and civil authority to a UN-recognized interim administration. He set three conditions to advance the process: the international stabilization force must enter Gaza, Israel must meet its Sharm el-Sheikh commitments, and Hamas must fulfill its own. Mladenov also warned that force not aimed at an immediate threa