President Trump’s Gaza peace plan features a committee to manage Gaza's daily affairs, including members of his administration, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Mideast leaders.

The two-year war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas eased with a ceasefire three months ago, but there has been neither peace nor reconstruction. Phase 2 promises progress, but the peace process itself is becoming increasingly controversial.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to shut a U.S.-led multinational coordinating centre that supports President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war.

Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov faces perhaps his most difficult task yet. As the newly minted 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.

Nearly all of the flimsy tents in displacement camps have been rendered unusable due to the harsh winter conditions.

Israeli forces have wounded several Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, firing on civilians and launching air and artillery attacks in the latest near-daily violations of the ceasefire in place since October, as its genocidal war on the besieged enclave continues unabated.

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