Trump-backed Gaza reconstruction plan scaled back to pilot camp near Rafah

A Trump-backed plan to rebuild Gaza has been reduced to a limited pilot camp near Rafah, according to the supplied report. The project was originally presented as a broader recovery effort for the Palestinian enclave, but it is now described as a temporary camp for only a fraction of displaced people. The latest account says the initiative is facing delays and is not expected to take shape before the end of the year.

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The report says the pilot would include a Palestinian administration, local police and a small international security force. It also says Moroccan and Kosovan officers have arrived in Israel to help establish the planned International Stabilisation Force, which would be responsible for safeguarding the camp. A logistics base at the Kerem Shalom crossing is said to be nearing completion to store vehicles, equipment and other material for the future force.

Despite those steps, preparatory work on the camp itself has not yet begun. The report says major progress is unlikely before Israel's 27 October elections. It also says Western diplomats in Jerusalem believe the best chance of movement may come after a new Israeli government is in place.

That view reflects concern that the current political timetable is slowing implementation of the reconstruction effort. The reduced scope of the plan matters because it marks a retreat from the earlier ambition to reconstruct the whole of Gaza. The report links the project to the post-ceasefire political process and to the role of the Board of Peace, which is expected to keep the initiative moving.

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It also suggests that even limited progress is being treated as important to avoid a complete collapse of the recovery effort. The report says Israel has violated the Trump-brokered ceasefire several times since it was declared in October 2025. It also says reconstruction work in Gaza has been blocked and humanitarian aid has been restricted.

Those conditions have left the territory war-damaged and have complicated any attempt to launch a pilot project, even one on a much smaller scale than the original proposal. There are also political concerns around the next phase. One diplomat quoted in the report warned that if the recovery plan stalls, more extreme factions in the Israeli government could push alternative proposals for the territory.

The report says there is concern that Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces the risk of electoral defeat, could gamble on renewed military action before the October elections. What remains unclear is when the camp near Rafah will actually begin, how many people it could eventually serve, and whether the current diplomatic and logistical steps will be enough to move the project forward.

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