Gaza native and former Palestinian Authority deputy minister Ali Shaath will head the new technocratic committee set to administer the devastated Gaza Strip, mediating countries announced on Wednesday.A seasoned civil servant largely unknown to the wider public, Shaath was born in the southern city of Khan Younis in 1958, later leaving to study in Cairo, a family member told AFP.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.He became a civil engineer, and previously served as the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority’s deputy minister of planning and international cooperation, as well as undersecretary for the ministry of transportation and communications, among other portfolios.In a technical and detail-oriented interview on Palestinian Basma Radio on Wednesday, Shaath spoke at length on rebuilding the Gaza Strip, ravaged by more than two years of war and intensive bombing.“We are not talking about ‘reconstruction’ but construction anew,” he said,