Gaza-born Ali Shaath will lead the new 15-member technocratic committee administering the Gaza Strip, it was announced on Wednesday, where he will focus on rebuilding infrastructure in the Palestinian territory.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more challenging elements will be carried out.

The second phase of the ceasefire deal includes naming a panel of Palestinian technocrats to lead post-war Gaza.

More than 100 minors have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the truce in October, according to the UN children’s agency UNICEF. The organization reported 60 boys and 40 girls under the age of 18 had died.

Sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF strikes -- continue despite the Gaza ceasefire.

In southern Gaza, troops found a multi-barrel rocket launcher and a rocket positioned nearby. Both were dismantled, the IDF said.

The US announced the “launch” of the second phase of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to advance a fragile truce that has been challenged by Hamas militants refusing to disarm.

The Israeli military launched artillery fire and airstrikes across several areas of the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, in a new violation of the ceasefire agreement.