Mahmud Abbas

The US and Japan are negotiating to build a semiconductor factory worth 12.8 to 19.3 billion dollars in the United States under their trade agreement, with GlobalFoundries expected to operate the facility producing logic chips.

Hamas dissolved its nearly two-decade de facto government in Gaza Strip, with committee chair Mohammed al-Farra resigning, clearing path for a Trump-initiated fifteen-member expert panel to temporarily administer the territory pending Palestinian Authority reforms.