Overview
- President Donald Trump said the Gaza Board of Peace has been formed and that he will chair it, with member names to be announced soon.
- Mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey said a 15-member Palestinian technocratic body, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, will be led by Ali Shaath to manage day-to-day governance under international oversight.
- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said Phase Two shifts from a fragile ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance and reconstruction, warning Hamas of consequences if it fails to return the final hostage’s remains.
- An International Stabilisation Force envisioned to secure Gaza and train vetted police has not been formed, and Hamas has not agreed to disarm while Israel’s further withdrawals lack firm timelines.
- Nickolay Mladenov is expected to serve as the board’s on-the-ground representative, while broader board membership and multibillion-dollar reconstruction financing—estimated by the U.N. at up to about $70 billion—remain unsettled, with aid flows still below stated targets and casualties reported during the truce.