Which Palestinian cities first came under Palestinian Authority administration in 1994?

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Oslo Accords: Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule — Palestinian Authority U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton (center) looking on as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Palestinian Self-Rule, September 1993.

In May 1994, following the signing of the Cairo Agreement, the Palestinian Authority (PA) first assumed administrative control over the city of Jericho in the West Bank and the city of Gaza in the Gaza Strip.123

These initial transfers were part of the implementation of the Oslo Accords, which established a framework for gradual Palestinian self-government in the occupied territories. While the PA's autonomous governance was later extended to other cities in 1995, Jericho and Gaza were the first areas to come under its administration in 1994.412