Palestinian PM Shtayyeh resigns amid Israel-Hamas war, know what is the reason for leaving the post?

The conflict between Hamas and Israel has been going on in the Gaza Strip for more than four months. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on Monday he had stepped down and submitted his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas. Shtayyeh revealed the news of his and his government’s resignation, which rules parts of the occupied West Bank, at a press conference on Monday.

Why did the Palestinian PM resign?

Explaining his decision to step down, Shtayyeh said that the decision to resign came in light of the unprecedented escalation in the West Bank and Jerusalem and the war, massacres and starvation in the Gaza Strip. Shtayyeh took office in 2019. His resignation came amid increasing pressure from the United States on President Abbas to revitalize the Palestinian Authority, engage with international efforts to halt hostilities in Gaza, and initiate the formation of a political structure for post-war governance Is. Shtayyeh’s resignation amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has paved the way for the establishment of a broad consensus among Palestinians regarding the political system. In a statement to the cabinet announcing his resignation, Shtayyeh said the next phase would have to take into account the emerging reality in war-torn Gaza. Shtayyeh said the next phase will require new governmental and political arrangements that take into account the emerging reality in the Gaza Strip, the urgent need for national unity talks and an inter-Palestinian consensus.

Hamas on Shtayyeh’s resignation

A Reuters report quoted senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri as saying. The resignation of Shtayyeh’s government makes sense only when it comes to the context of national consensus on the arrangements for the next phase. There has been a significant increase in violence in the occupied West Bank since a Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, which left 1,139 people dead. According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 29,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory bombardment of Gaza.