The White House announced the formation and composition of the Gaza Executive Board, which will operate under the broader Board of Peace chaired by US President Donald Trump and other heads of state.
According to the White House, the board's members will include US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, former British prime minister Tony Blair, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, senior Qatari official Ali al-Thawadi, Egyptian intelligence chief Gen. Hassan Rashad, American billionaire Mark Rowan, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem al-Hashimy, former UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov, Israeli real estate tycoon Yakir Gabay, and UN official Sigrid Kaag.
Former UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov will serve as the senior representative for Gaza. In this role, he will act as the on-the-ground liaison between the Board of Peace and the Palestinian technocratic government. To assist him, an additional Gaza directorate will be established.
President Trump spoke about the creation of the Board of Peacel to oversee Gaza, roughly a day after his envoy Witkoff announced the transition to Phase Two of the plan for the future of the enclave and an end to the war. "It is a great honor for me to announce that the Board of Peace has been established," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Under the American plan, the Board of Peace, chaired by Trump, is meant to supervise the governance and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip through a committee composed of 15 senior Palestinian figures who have already been approved by Israel.
The committee members are professionals who will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of Gaza, including sanitation, infrastructure, and education. In parallel, a multinational military "stabilization force" is expected to operate in the Strip, tasked with maintaining order and security and ensuring there are no violations.
Ali Shaat, who will head the technocratic committee that will temporarily govern Gaza, said in an interview on Saturday morning with the Palestinian radio station Basma that, in his assessment, the reconstruction of the Strip would take seven years. He said an ambitious plan is in place that includes transferring the war's debris into the Mediterranean Sea.
On Thursday, Witkoff announced on X the "launch of the second phase of the president's 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza, moving from a ceasefire to demilitarization, technocratic governance, and reconstruction."
