Overview
- Egypt is preparing to host an international conference on Gaza’s early recovery and reconstruction, coordinating with Palestinian authorities and seeking robust donor and EU participation.
- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said Ramallah and Cairo are arranging the conference and outlined a government plan for Gaza’s recovery under a single authority and security framework, with no date set yet.
- Democratic senators led by Chris Van Hollen and Jack Reed urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speed investigations into hundreds of alleged Israeli abuses in Gaza, citing a classified State Department inspector-general report and potential Leahy Law implications.
- Israeli media reported a leaked U.S. timeline that aspires to disarm Hamas by late April and deploy advance international forces by mid‑January, a scenario the coverage notes faces significant political and operational hurdles.
- Norway declared the Quartet’s September proposal the only viable path to a humanitarian truce and political process in Sudan as Western pressure on Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan mounts, while the UAE tightened petroleum trading rules in Dubai and issued large holiday pardons.