Trump Administration Funds Gaza Force as Israel Rejects 21-Point Peace Plan
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 20
Trump Administration Funds Gaza Force as Israel Rejects 21-Point Peace Plan
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 20
Summary
Congress was notified last month that the Trump administration would fund an international Gaza stabilization force, a first concrete step toward implementing President Trump's plan.
The force is meant to occupy Gaza and oversee Hamas's phased disarmament while Israeli troops withdraw, but that sequence has stalled because Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses any pullback before Hamas fully disarms.
Jared Kushner traveled this week to Egypt and Jerusalem to salvage the deal, meeting Hamas leaders and Netanyahu, yet the talks failed to break the impasse.
At least seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza a day after Kushner met Netanyahu, underscoring how clashes have persisted despite an October cease-fire and Washington's push for the 21-point plan.