Gaza Strip قطاع غزة (Qita' Ghazzah) | |
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 TheGaza Strip | |
| Country | Palestine |
| Gaza peace plan | 10 October 2025 |
| Resolution 2803 | 17 November 2025 |
| Administrative centre | TBA |
| Government | |
| • Type | International transitional administration |
| • Chairman of theBoard of Peace | Donald Trump |
| • Chairman of thePalestinian Committee | Vacant |
| Area | |
• Total | 356 km2 (137 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,050,000 |
Resolution 2083 adopted by theSecurity Council of theUnited Nations on 17 November 2025 contains provisions which effectively place theGaza Strip under international administration.[1] The resolution, incorporating theGaza peace plan, authorises an international body, known as theBoard of Peace, to act as a transitional administration for Gaza and allows for the deployment of anInternational Stabilization Force into the territory.[2] Both bodies are mandated until 31 December 2027, but this can be extended by the Security Council.
The administration is modelled on earlierUnited Nations mandatedtransitional authorities such as those inWest New Guinea (UNTEA),Cambodia (UNTAC),Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES),Kosovo (UNMIK) andEast Timor (UNTAET).[3]
The Gaza strip had been part of theOttoman Empire since the 16th century and came under theBritish Mandate of Palestine in 1920. Following the1948 Arab–Israeli War the territory came under the control ofAll-Palestine Protectorate before becoming occupied byIsreali forces during the 1967Six-Day War. The Gaza Strip came under the administration of thePalestinian Authority in 1994 as part of theOslo Accords and wasadministered byHamas forces after theyseized control in 2007.
TheGaza war began in October 2023 following a series ofcoordinated armed attacks carried out byHamas and several other Palestinian militant groups insouthern Israel on 7 October 2023.
Former British prime ministerTony Blair, through his think tank theTony Blair Institute for Global Change, began developing a post-war plan for the Gaza Strip in July 2025 and discussed the idea with US presidentDonald Trump and his adviserJared Kushner at a meeting at the White House on 27 August 2025.[4][5]
US president Donald Trump shared a draft 20-point peace plan with Arab and Muslim majority countries on the sidelines of the80th session of theUnited Nations General Assembly in September 2025. Article 9 of the Trump deal incorporated Blair's proposals for a local executive committee overseen by an international board, and Article 15 describes plans for a multinational peacekeeping force and locally recruited civilian police service.[6][7]
Trump presented a final version of his plan at a press conference with Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu at the White House on 29 September 2025. ThePalestinian Authority welcomed the proposal affirming their commitment to a "modern, democratic, and non-militarizedPalestinian state".[8]Hamas later announced that they would be willing to release all Israeli hostages, to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to an independent body of Palestinian technocrats and expressed a willingness to negotiate on Trump's proposed plan. Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas started inSharm el Sheikh,Egypt on 6 October.
On the evening of 8 October 2025, Trump announced that an agreement had been reached on the first phase of the Gaza agreement, which would lead to the cessation of hostilities, the release of Israeli hostages, the release of some Palestinian prisoners, the partial withdrawal of Israeli forces to a predeterminedYellow Line, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.[9] The first phase of the agreement was signed by both parties the following day and came into effect on 10 October 2025 with the cessation of hostilities.
Hamas, the PFLP, and Islamic Jihad rejected 'foreign guardianship' over the Gaza Strip.[10]
Vice-president of the Palestinian Authority,Hussein al-Sheikh, met with Tony Blair on 12 October 2025 in Jordan to discuss the ceasefire and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip.[11][12] That evening, Trump declared that "The war is over" and that the Board of Peace and interim administration would be formed quickly.[13]
Aninternational summit on the next phase of the peace plan, including the future governance of the Gaza Strip, was convened on 13 October 2025 inSharm el Shaikh,Egypt.
A draftUnited Nations Security Council resolution was circulated by the United States on 3 November 2025 which would give a two year mandate to the International Security Force and set up a Board of Peace.[14] The draft underwent two further revisions before being adopted asUnited Nations Security Council Resolution 2803 on 17 November 2025.
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The Board of Peace is an international transitional body authorised by a United Nations mandate to support with the administration, reconstruction and economic recovery of the Gaza Strip.[15][16] It is chaired by United States presidentDonald Trump.
Resolution 2083 empowers the Board of Peace to supervise and support a "Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee of competent Palestinians from the [Gaza] Strip, which shall be responsible for day-to-day operations of Gaza's civil service and administration".[17]
The Gaza Strip is divided into fivegovernorates;Gaza,Khan Yunis,North Gaza,Deir al-Balah andRafah which are further divided into 25municipalities. The Gaza peace plan states that the Palestinian Committee is responsible for the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities. Prior to the Gaza war,Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip were managed by theUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
The International Stabilization Force is a multinationalpeacekeeping force to be deployed to provide strategic stability and operational protection in Gaza during the transitional period.[18] The plan would see theIsraeli armed forces withdraw from most of the Gaza Strip once the International Stabilization Force is deployed.[19][20]
The Board of Peace, with the support of an International Stabilization Force, is authorised to "train and provide support to the vetted Palestinian police forces" in the Gaza Strip.[21]
A Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), under the leadership ofBrad Cooper, head ofUS Central Command was set up shortly after the ceasefire agreement came into effect on 10 October 2025. The center aims to help facilitate the flow of humanitarian, logistical, and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza.[22]
TheEuropean Union has twooverseas operations in the Palestinian territories: theEuropean Union Border Assistance Mission to Rafah and theEuropean Union Mission for the Support of Palestinian Police and Rule of Law.
Under the Gaza peace plan, full aid is to be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip through United Nations agencies such as theOCHA,UNHCR,UNICEF andWFP, and other international institutions such as theInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, which are not associated with Israel or Palestine. TheRafah crossing should be opened in both directions, similar to its operation during theJanuary–March 2025 ceasefire. In mid November 2025, it was reported that an average of 800 aid trucks were entering the Gaza Strip every day.[23]
The Gaza peace plan includes provisions for a Trump Economic Development Plan and the establishment of a special economic zone for the Gaza Strip. By 23 November 2025, plans were being developed by a multinational team based at the CMCC to establish new neighborhoods, to reconnect power, water and sewage services and to clear rubble from the strip.[24]
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