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Trump’s Board of Peace Unveils $2.45 Billion Gaza Reconstruction Plan
The Board of Peace has suggested a $2.45 billion plan to start rebuilding Gaza.
The plan would last six months and includes 66 projects.
These projects would provide temporary homes and repair roads, hospitals, electricity and water systems.
They would also support businesses, digital services and security work.
The board says donors have promised much more money, but only $280 million has arrived so far.
Rebuilding everything would cost far more over many years.
Israel and Hamas still disagree about Israeli troop withdrawals and whether Hamas must give up its weapons.
Because of these disagreements and missing funds, the rebuilding plan has not properly started.
The US-backed Board of Peace proposed a six-month, $2.45 billion programme covering 66 Gaza recovery and governance projects.
Projects include temporary housing, rubble removal, hospital repairs, roads, border crossings, electricity, water, digital services and economic support.
The board says donors have pledged about $18 billion, but only $280 million has been transferred so far.
It estimates Gaza’s physical damage at $35.2 billion and decade-long recovery and reconstruction costs at $71.4 billion.
Implementation remains uncertain because Israel and Hamas dispute troop withdrawals and Hamas’s disarmament, while the proposed international force and new Palestinian administration have not entered Gaza.
- Who
- The US-backed Board of Peace, President Donald Trump, Israel, Hamas, Jared Kushner, and proposed international and Palestinian administrators.
- What
- A proposed six-month, $2.45 billion blueprint containing 66 programmes to begin Gaza’s reconstruction, recovery and governance.
- Where
- Gaza, with the proposal presented at an event in New York.
- When
- The plan was presented on September 23 during the United Nations General Assembly; the articles differ on the ceasefire’s timing, citing October 10 in one account and nearly a year earlier in another.
- Why
- To begin rebuilding Gaza and support the broader US-backed ceasefire, security and governance framework.
Plan proponents
Implementation obstacles
Value of the proposal
Plan proponents
Board officials and US representatives say the blueprint provides a long-term framework, offers hope and prepares for reconstruction if the parties meet their commitments.
Implementation obstacles
The plan’s implementation is uncertain because funding, access and political and security conditions remain unresolved.
Hamas disarmament
Plan proponents
Board representative Nikolay Mladenov said progress depends heavily on Hamas giving up its weapons, as envisaged in the broader ceasefire process.
Implementation obstacles
Hamas has not disarmed, and negotiators have not agreed on the conditions for it to lay down its weapons.
Israeli military presence
Plan proponents
The proposed framework calls for further Israeli withdrawals, and Mladenov has urged Israel to scale back its military operation.
Implementation obstacles
The articles say Israel continues to control a large part of Gaza, with one report estimating control of about 60 percent of the territory.
Key facts
- Initial programme
- $2.45 billion over six months
- Number of projects
- 66 recovery, reconstruction and governance projects
- Funding status
- About $18 billion has reportedly been committed by donors, but $280 million has been transferred
- Estimated physical damage
- $35.2 billion
- Estimated decade-long recovery cost
- $71.4 billion
- Planned energy support
- 25,000 portable solar power kits
- Implementation status
- Reconstruction has not begun; the proposed international force and new Palestinian administration have not entered Gaza
Quotes
Board of Peace
The US-backed group proposing Gaza’s reconstruction and governance plan
“Obviously this is a longterm project. It’s not something that can happen in six months. But at least gives people a hope. Here’s the future that awaits you if everyone does their part.”
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“We’re just refining, sharpening the axe, getting ready for when we get to the time to cut the tree. And hopefully, that will be very, very soon.”
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Nickolay Mladenov
Board of Peace lead Gaza envoy
“We want to give people a new chance, and we want to make sure that both the Palestinians in Gaza and Israeli communities living across the border have a chance to put behind them this fear of violence that has driven their lives for so many years.”
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Sources
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