Hamas is reportedly playing a significant role in forming a new technocratic government for the Gaza Strip, according to a recent report. The organization is said to have appointed about half of the government's members, ensuring that individuals sympathetic to its principles are included, even if their support is not overt. The remaining members were selected by the Palestinian Authority, with the understanding that Hamas had chosen its share of the government. Mediators from Egypt and other Arab countries have presented Hamas with the full list of proposed members to assure the group that the new government will not challenge its interests.