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The White House on Friday announced the leadership of the Gaza Strip’s “Board of Peace” and unveiled members of the executive board guiding the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan aimed at ending Israel’s war on Gaza.
According to a White House statement, the NCAG will be headed by Dr. Ali Sha’ath, a former Palestinian deputy minister in the Palestinian Authority.
Sha’ath was described as a widely respected technocratic leader who will oversee the restoration of public services, the rebuilding of civil institutions and the stabilization of daily life in Gaza, while laying the groundwork for long-term governance.
The statement also named members of an executive board tasked with supporting governance and service delivery in Gaza.
The board includes Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan; Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff; Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner; former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair; UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al-Hashimy; veteran Qatari diplomat Ali Al-Thawadi; Egypt’s intelligence chief Hassan Rashad; former U.N. envoy Nickolay Mladenov; Cypriot-Israeli businessman Yakir Gabay; and Dutch politician Sigrid Kaag.
The Executive Board overseeing the Board of Peace will be chaired by Trump and includes Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, billionaire Marc Rowan, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga and U.S. political adviser Robert Gabriel.
Mladenov will serve as High Representative for Gaza, coordinating between the Board of Peace and the NCAG, while Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers will command the International Stabilization Force (ISF).
The White House also appointed Aryeh Lightstone and Josh Gruenbaum as senior advisers responsible for daily strategy and operations. Additional members are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.
The announcement follows Witkoff’s statement earlier this week confirming the start of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan, which shifts focus to demilitarization, technocratic governance and reconstruction.
The ceasefire, which took effect in October, halted the fighting, enabled a partial Israeli withdrawal, allowed exchanges of Israeli hostages for Palestinians held in Israel and permitted limited humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The second phase calls for a full Israeli withdrawal, the disarmament of Hamas, the deployment of an ISF and the establishment of a temporary Palestinian technocratic administration.
Palestinian officials have accused Israel of repeated ceasefire violations. Since October 2023, more than 71,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and over 171,000 injured, according to local authorities.
Since the truce began, nearly 450 Palestinians have been killed and more than 1,200 wounded, the Gaza Health Ministry said.
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