Overview
- Arab and Western officials say an international body called the Junta de Paz, chaired by President Donald Trump under a renewable two‑year U.N. mandate, is expected to be unveiled before year’s end with participation from roughly a dozen regional and Western leaders.
- A committee of Palestinian technocrats to run Gaza’s day‑to‑day administration is also set to be announced, with timing likely tied to a meeting between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later this month.
- The cease‑fire plan envisions an International Stabilization Force to secure Gaza and oversee Hamas disarmament, with initial deployment expected in early 2026, though troop contributors, command structure and financing remain unsettled.
- The framework contemplates Israeli withdrawals from about half of Gaza as the international force deploys, while officials note Hamas has not agreed to disarm and describe second‑phase negotiations as complicated.
- Foreign ministers from Jordan, the UAE, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt objected to an Israeli plan to reopen Rafah only for outbound crossings, and a U.N. spokesman reported intensified Israeli operations affecting more than 95,000 Palestinians in the West Bank as Qatar’s prime minister warned the truce is at a critical point.