Trump's Board of Peace drops full Gaza recovery plan in favour of tiny pilot scheme

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Source: The Guardian

Revised plan aims to ‘keep something going’ amid fears Netanyahu may gamble on new all-out offensive before Israeli elections

The Gaza recovery plan being pursued by Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) has shrunk dramatically from an ambitious blueprint for the reconstruction of the whole territory to a small pilot project in the south of the strip.

Even the envisaged pilot scheme – involving a temporary camp for a tiny fraction of Gaza’s 2 million displaced people, with a Palestinian administration, police and a small international security force – is not expected to take shape before the end of the year.
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However, preparatory work on the pilot camp near the southern Gaza of city of Rafah has not begun, nor has construction of the camp’s ISF support base. Satellite images of the area show disturbed earth but no new structures. Substantial progress is not expected before Israel holds elections on 27 October, which could bring down Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition government.
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There is growing apprehension that Netanyahu, facing the threat of electoral defeat, will gamble on a new all-out offensive in Gaza before the October vote.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/trumps-board-of-peace-drops-full-gaza-recovery-plan-for-tiny-pilot-scheme

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1. Cheeto Pedo just following the leader

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2. Israel has carried out frequent strikes on Gaza killing more than 1,100 Palestinians since the October ceasefire and Isr

There is growing apprehension that Netanyahu, facing the threat of electoral defeat, will gamble on a new all-out offensive in Gaza before the October vote.

Israel has carried out frequent strikes on Gaza killing more than 1,100 Palestinians since the October ceasefire and Israeli forces have repeatedly moved forward from the ceasefire line agreed in October which split the strip roughly evenly between Israeli- and Hamas-controlled sections. The Israeli army now directly occupies more than 60% of the territory and has created a buffer zone beyond that.


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Hamas al-Hdabi, holds the body of his father, Sohail, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Thursday. Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

A return to full-scale war would probably sweep away even the BoP’s modest pilot plan.
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Board of Peace focus on Hamas risks return to war in Gaza, critics say
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Israeli officials have repeatedly suggested that a return to war is inevitable on the grounds that Hamas has refused to disarm. Hamas has said it would be willing to lay down its weapons under certain conditions and took part in negotiations in Cairo over the weekend on possible disarmament mechanisms............
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/trumps-board-of-peace-drops-full-gaza-recovery-plan-for-tiny-pilot-scheme