Arab states have adopted a plan for the postwar administration and reconstruction of Gaza in a bid to provide an alternative to President Donald Trump’s proposal for the war-shattered enclave to be emptied of Palestinians and taken over by the US.
The plan, endorsed at a summit of the Arab League in Cairo on Tuesday, envisages Gaza being governed in a transitional phase by a technocratic committee of Palestinians, not affiliated to any political factions, but under the umbrella of a “Palestinian government”.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Cairo was training Palestinian forces who would take over the role of security in Gaza, which has been controlled by militant group Hamas since 2007.