US President Donald Trump announced Thursday at the first meeting of the “Peace Council” that he had collected contributions amounting to more than $17 billion for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. He said that five countries pledged to provide this force with soldiers in addition to Indonesia, namely Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania.
Published on: 02/20/2026 - 09:57 Last updated: 02/20/2026 - 11:50
On Thursday, US President Donald Trump supervised in Washington the first meeting of the “Peace Council,” where several countries pledged to provide financial and human contributions to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Trump announced, "We will help Gaza. We will fix the situation. We will make it successful," adding, "We will bring peace there, and we will do similar things in other places that will appear."
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A total of 47 countries participated in the meeting, some of which are members of the Council, in addition to the European Union as an “observer,” and discussed reconstruction and ensuring stability in the Palestinian sector after the devastating war.
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Trump announced an American contribution of $10 billion to the “Peace Council,” the full nature of whose mission is shrouded in mystery.
The US President stated that several countries pledged to provide "more than seven billion dollars" for the reconstruction of Gaza. His spokeswoman, Caroline Levitt, explained that Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE each pledged to provide at least one billion dollars.
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A role for Morocco in the stability force
US General Jasper Jeffers announced that Indonesia, the most populous country in the Islamic world, will assume the position of deputy commander of the stabilization force.
He added that five countries pledged to provide this force with soldiers in addition to Indonesia, namely Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania.
Indonesia expressed its readiness to contribute eight thousand soldiers to this US-led force, and its number may reach 20 thousand soldiers.
For his part, the representative of the Peace Council in Gaza, Bulgarian diplomat Nikolai Mladenov, announced the opening of membership for the police forces in the Strip on Thursday, noting that two thousand people had volunteered.
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While the Peace Council was in session, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the need to disarm Hamas before any reconstruction of Gaza.
“We agreed with our ally, the United States, that there will be no reconstruction before Gaza is disarmed,” he said during a televised speech at a military ceremony.
France 24/AFP
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