President Donald Trump's Board of Peace will unveil a six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza at a meeting of its members on Wednesday, according to Axios. The plan's implementation depends on Hamas meeting its ceasefire and disarmament commitments.
The 66-project proposal offers one of the most detailed roadmaps yet for the first months of post-war reconstruction and governance in Gaza. It was drafted over the past year by dozens of officials from the Board of Peace, which has 28 member countries, and from the Palestinian technocratic government.
"The plan shows how to stand up a government from nothing, an economy from shambles and a territory from disaster," a Board of Peace official told Axios.
The projects are grouped into six areas: infrastructure development, human development, economic acceleration, digital transformation, legal affairs, and peace and security. Infrastructure accounts for the largest share, about $1 billion. That includes roughly $400 million for temporary shelters, $275 million for clearing rubble and unexploded ordnance, $50 million for hospital rehabilitation and $30 million for repairing Gaza's road network.
Security takes up a significant part of the budget. About $885 million is allocated to security projects, including the deployment of the International Stabilization Force and a $20 million weapons buyback program designed to encourage Hamas to disarm. The plan also calls for permanently filling tunnels beneath sites needed for priority reconstruction projects, along with repairing border crossings, restoring electricity and water infrastructure, and deploying 25,000 portable solar power kits.
The digital and economic components include a digital ID system, digital payments, 4G connectivity, electronic health and education systems, grants to restart small businesses and a new Gaza investment fund.
Funding remains a major obstacle. The Board of Peace and the Palestinian technocratic government have not yet secured the full $2.45 billion. Board of Peace officials say the entire sum is not needed immediately, and they expect donor countries to step up once the political obstacles are cleared.
Those obstacles are significant. The plan requires cooperation from both Israel and Hamas. Israel has agreed in principle to parts of the proposal but has not begun implementing it. Hamas has agreed in principle to disarm, but that commitment has yet to be tested.
The plan estimates physical damage in Gaza at $35.2 billion and says full recovery and reconstruction will cost about $71.4 billion over the next decade.
Representatives of 35 countries, including officials from the European Union and several of its member states, are expected to attend Wednesday's briefing. White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and envoy Steve Witkoff are also expected to speak.
