Overview
- The White House announced a Trump-led Board of Peace to execute a 20-point Gaza plan focused on demilitarization, reconstruction and a path to coexistence.
- An initial executive slate includes Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff, Tony Blair, Ajay Banga and financier Marc Rowan, with Trump set to personally chair the body.
- A larger advisory council is being assembled with about 60 invitations sent, and the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay have accepted participation.
- Israel’s prime minister’s office said the board’s composition was not coordinated and ran counter to Israeli policy before later signaling approval of the executive members while disputing the approach.
- Reported operational tools include a provisional Gaza government linked via Nickolay Mladenov and a proposed stabilization force under U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, though troop commitments and implementation details remain unsettled.