Trump Peace Council unveils $2.45 billion Gaza reconstruction plan

The Peace Council, created at the initiative of Donald Trump, presented a plan for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. Its implementation will require $2.45 billion. According to the BBC, the structure acknowledged that while there are $ 280 million in stock, and the full reconstruction of the Gaza Strip within ten years will require $ 71.4 billion.

The plan presented at the UN General Assembly is a six-month program of 66 projects. Among them are the dismantling of rubble, the repair of hospitals, the construction of temporary housing, the restoration of electricity and water supply, garbage collection and the deployment of security forces. Council executive committee member Jared Kushner said the purpose of the presentation was to show the structure was "determined" to implement the recovery plan.

Mr. Kushner acknowledged that the project faces "many delays on different issues and for different reasons." Another member of the executive committee for the Gaza Strip - US special envoy for peace missions Steve Whitcoff - said the council had made "real progress" over the past year. “All the hostages have returned home. There is a ceasefire, although not ideal, but it exists, he added.

The Peace Council was established in November 2025 and approved by a UN Security Council resolution. The charter of the new organization was signed in January 2026 in Davos. It received a UN mandate for a transitional administration in Gaza and deployed the International Stabilization Force there to maintain order and disarm paramilitary groups. The Council included almost 30 countries.

Alena Miklashevskaya