Hamas is considering giving up its power in the Gaza Strip, anonymous sources in Gaza told Israel's Channel 12.

Sources claimed that Hamas is considering dissolving the "Government Activity Monitoring Committee," its de facto administrative body in Gaza, as a symbolic gesture toward mediators amid intensifying Israeli military pressure.

The Israeli reports corroborate an earlier report by Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, which made the same claim and confirms back channel discussions between Hamas leadership, which has been in Iran in recent days for the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a strike on his house on February 28. 

The move comes after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) extended its operational control beyond 70% of the Gaza Strip, in a sign of increasing pressure on the group to back down.

But while the committee's dissolution would represent a political concession, sources suggest that Hamas will retain its current military posture, the reports added.

"Hamas is reorganising in a situation that is natural for them," a Gaza resident allegedly told N12.

"There is a ceasefire; they are in control, they have command and control rooms, there are places that they control, they arrest people, they interrogate people, and no one is allowed to speak."

The source characterised the behaviour as consistent with an organisation focused on institutional survival rather than genuine political transition. "Hamas will remain Hamas; it will not change. It signed a three-stage agreement, and now it's evading and stalling for time."

The divergence between Hamas's political signalling and its military reorganisation complicates the already fractured ceasefire framework.

Mediators have been pressing the group to demonstrate tangible steps toward relinquishing governance of the territory as well as disarmament. While political concessions may be made, the condition for Hamas to surrender its arms appears to have a low likelihood of success.