Trump’s “Peace Council” guarantees $5 billion for Gaza Strip | EUROtoday

As of: February 15, 2026 8:27 p.m

According to US President Trump, the “Peace Council” needs to supply greater than 5 billion {dollars} for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The committee is scheduled to fulfill for the primary time in Washington on Thursday.

The members of the “Peace Council” newly created by US President Donald Trump have pledged 5 billion {dollars} (round 4.2 billion euros) for the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip.

In addition, hundreds of emergency companies are being made obtainable to assist the native police and guarantee stability within the area, Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. The commitments needs to be formally introduced subsequent Thursday, when the members of the physique meet for the primary time in Washington.

Indonesia pledged 8,000 troopers

Trump didn’t elaborate on which states would make commitments to reconstruction or present personnel for the stabilization power. However, the Indonesian army mentioned as much as 8,000 of its troopers could be prepared for potential deployment to the Gaza Strip by the tip of June as a part of a humanitarian and peacekeeping mission. This is the primary agency dedication Trump has acquired.

The “Board of Peace”, based in January, is meant to make sure that the ceasefire between Israel and the militant Islamist terrorist group Hamas, which got here into power in October, endures and is progressively remodeled right into a post-war order. In his publish, Trump known as on Hamas to satisfy its “commitment to immediate and complete demilitarization.”

Rebuilding the Gaza Strip will likely be a large endeavor. The United Nations, World Bank and EU estimate it’s going to value about $70 billion.

So far 19 states are members of the “Peace Council”

Trump has steered that the “Peace Council” might additionally take over a number of the UN’s features and maybe at some point make them out of date. According to Trump, dozens of nations have accepted invites to take part within the physique.

However, solely representatives from 19 nations took half within the founding ceremony in January. Germany and different Western nations weren’t there. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a doc on his nation’s accession to the “Peace Council” throughout his current go to to Washington.

Trump, who needs to take over as chairman, left it open what number of members will come to the primary assembly on Thursday.