Trump Touts $5 Billion Gaza Pledges as Israel Pushes New West Bank Land Steps

Overview

• Trump said Council of Peace members have pledged more than US$5 billion for humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Gaza, alongside thousands of personnel for a stabilization force and local policing.
• He plans to host participants on February 19 at the Donald J. Trump Institute for Peace in Washington to detail commitments and next steps.
• Trump described the force as intended for UN authorization, though he has not identified contributing states, funding distribution, command arrangements, or rules of engagement.
• Indonesia signaled readiness to contribute up to 8,000 troops for a Gaza mission by the end of June, pending a mandate.
• In parallel, Israel advanced measures in the occupied West Bank to register areas as state land, publish property records, ease Jewish land purchases, and shift authority in Hebron, moves Palestinians denounced as de facto annexation.