Trump Launches Board of Peace, Kushner Unveils Gaza Blueprint

Donald Trump launched the Board of Peace in Davos as Jared Kushner unveiled a Gaza blueprint featuring buffer zones, waterfront projects and a technocratic interim administration, officials and event video show.

Gaza's physical devastation and humanitarian crisis drive urgency, with aid restricted, tent camps filling 970 sites and the Rafah crossing's reopening pending, United Nations and Palestinian officials report.

Ali Shaath, head of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, said in a video from Cairo that the committee will "restore order" and aim to decommission heavy weapons, according to his Davos remarks.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says more than 71,000 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7, 2023, while U.N. partners say they can support about 40% of 970 displacement sites, marking contested figures.

The plan's next test is the scheduled Rafah reopening and whether Israel and Hamas accept NCAG authority, and Russian President Vladimir Putin conditioned $1 billion in aid on the U.S. unblocking funds, officials say.