Trump announces ‘board of peace’ formed for Gaza

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Thursday (January 15, 2026) announced the enactment of a Gaza “board of peace,” a cardinal signifier 2 constituent of a U.S.-backed program to extremity the warfare successful the Palestine.

“It is my Great Honour to denote that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed,” Mr. Trump posted connected his Truth Social platform, adding that the members of the assemblage volition beryllium announced “shortly.”

“I tin accidental with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled astatine immoderate time, immoderate place,” Mr. Trump said.

The board’s instauration comes soon aft the announcement of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee, charged with managing the day-to-day governance of post-war Gaza.

The committee volition enactment nether the supervision of the committee of peace, which Mr. Trump is expected to chair.

The program besides calls for the deployment of an International Stabilisation Force to assistance unafraid Gaza and bid vetted Palestinian constabulary units.

“The shot is present successful the tribunal of the mediators, the American guarantor and the planetary assemblage to empower the committee,” Bassem Naim, a elder Hamas leader, said successful a connection connected Thursday (January 15, 2026).

The U.S.-backed Gaza bid program archetypal came into unit connected October 10, facilitating the instrumentality of each the hostages held by Hamas and an extremity to the warring successful the besieged territory.

The plan’s 2nd signifier is present underway, though clouded by unresolved issues.

Gaza’s Hamas-run wellness ministry has said Israeli forces person killed 451 radical since the ceasefire ostensibly took effect.

For Palestinians, the cardinal contented remains Israel's afloat subject withdrawal from the Gaza Strip — a measurement included successful the plan's model but for which nary elaborate timetable has been announced.

Hamas, meanwhile, has refused to publically perpetrate to a afloat disarmament, a non-negotiable request from Israel.