The IDF is advancing plans to establish a local Palestinian governing body to replace Hamas in the Zeitun neighborhood of Gaza City, Channel 12 reports without citing any sources.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel wants local Palestinian community leaders who are not affiliated with either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority to take over the governance of Gaza after the war.

Channel 12 says Zeitun will serve as a pilot program for this effort, adding that IDF officials have already met with a group of unnamed Palestinian community leaders who will be tasked with governing the area.