The former UK prime minister and US secretary of state will sit on the "founding executive board", the White House says.

Diplomat Nickolay Mladenov faces perhaps his most difficult task yet. As the newly announced High Representative for Gaza, he must try to turn the US-brokered ceasefire into lasting peace.

President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises.

The White House released the names of some of the leaders who will play a role in overseeing the next steps in Gaza after the Palestinian committee set to govern the territory under U.S. supervision met for the first time.

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff thanked Egypt, Turkey and Qatar "for their indispensable mediation efforts that made all progress to date possible."

Palestinians in Gaza questioned what moving into phase two would actually change on the ground, pointing to ongoing bloodshed and challenges securing basic necessities.

Trump has hailed his new team as ‘the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place’