Arab nations have agreed plans to rebuild Gaza after the war, including details on who would run the territory – but Donald Trump wants to build a “Riviera” under US control.

Arab leaders have adopted a plan to rebuild Gaza that will cost tens of billions of pounds – and is in stark contrast to President Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take control of the Palestinian territory.

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza following the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023 has left swathes of the densely populated enclave razed to the ground and nearly two million people displaced from their homes.

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Gaza’s rulers Hamas, which includes Israeli hostages being exchanged for Palestinian prisoners, continues to hold – but has become very fragile following the end of phase one with no agreement on phase two.

Questions remain about the future of the Gaza Strip, such as who will pay for the reconstruction and who will govern it.

What is Egypt’s plan for Gaza?

Discussed at a summit of Arab nations on Tuesday, the plan comes after Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf Arab states spent almost a month consulting on an alternative to Mr Trump’s proposal.

The 112-page document includes maps of how the land would be re-developed and dozens of colourful AI-generated images of housing developments, gardens and community centres.

It also includes a commercial harbour, a technology hub, beach hotels and an airport.

Unlike Mr Trump’s plan, Egypt’s proposal would not see the mass displacement of Palestinians to other nations.

In terms of who would run Gaza, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el Sisi said his country had worked in cooperation with Palestinians to create a committee of independent Palestinian technocrats who would be entrusted with governing Gaza after the war.

This committee would oversee humanitarian aid and would manage the territory for a temporary period, before governance is eventually handed over to the Palestinian Authority (PA), which currently governs in the West Bank.

The other critical issue is what happens to Hamas. It has been in charge in Gaza since 2007, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to destroy the militant group.

Hamas has agreed not to field candidates for the technocrat committee, but it would have to give its consent to the tasks, members and the agenda of the committee that would work under the PA’s supervision.

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