Hamas to hand weapons over to Palestinian National Committee if Israeli troops withdraw

Hamas to hand weapons over to Palestinian National Committee 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 within the Board of Peace framework. Hamad reiterated that this was contingent on the withdrawal of Israeli forces, along with the increased flow of aid and goods into the territroy. "We insisted to the mediators that Israel must abide by the agreement," he said.