US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf said that the Palestinian Authority is the appropriate body to manage the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.

She said before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, “The Palestinian Authority, as we all know, is the only Palestinian government that emerged from the Oslo Accords, and whatever its defects, it is a government for the Palestinians in the West Bank, and we believe that in the end, the votes must be Palestinian aspirations are the focus of governance and security in the post-conflict phase in Gaza.”

She added that the US State Department "is looking into all of these issues now and wants to begin those discussions sooner rather than later," based on the fact that "our Arab partners are strongly focused on issues of humanitarian crises and focused on reaching a ceasefire."

The United States is urging Israel to avoid occupying Gaza if Hamas no longer rules the area, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alarmed American officials when he said earlier this week that Israel would be responsible for Gaza's security for an "indefinite period."

The advisor to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, confirmed that no one has the right to talk about the management of Gaza after the war, stressing that “we do not allow anyone to talk about the management of Gaza after the war... We are the ones who decide how to manage Gaza, not international forces or anyone else.”

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced, during his meeting with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the Palestinian Authority’s readiness to take over the reins of government in the Gaza Strip.

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh stressed that "Jordan will not send any military forces to Gaza and will not accept replacing the Israeli soldier with a Jordanian soldier."