Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Egypt: Palestinian committee picked for Gaza reconstruction

A 15-member panel, reviewed by Israel and backed by Hamas, is to manage the coastal enclave’s daily life and rebuilding efforts under U.S. oversight.

Residents walk through the Al-Katiba area and Street 5 in central Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 14, 2025. Photo by Ibrahim Gazlih/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images.
Residents walk through the Al-Katiba area and Street 5 in central Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 14, 2025. Photo by Ibrahim Gazlih/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images.

A 15-member Palestinian committee has been chosen to oversee the rebuilding and administration of Gaza after the war, the Associated Press on Tuesday cited Egypt’s foreign minister as saying.

“We need to deploy them to take care of the daily life of the people in Gaza, and the Board of Peace should support and supervise the flow of finance and money, which will come for the reconstruction of Gaza,” Badr Abdelatty told the news agency ahead of Monday’s regional summit held at Sharm el-Sheikh and attended by world leaders, referring to the board that will govern Gaza and be chaired by U.S. President Donald Trump.

He said Israel had already reviewed the list of names but did not make them public. Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist factions have approved the committee, Abdelatty added.

The minister also claimed Hamas welcomed the Trump plan for Gaza, saying that the terrorist organization will “have no role in the transitional period. They are committed to that. That is why they are working on an administrative Palestinian committee to be deployed in order to take care of the daily life of the people of Gaza.”

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Monday that Egypt will host a conference on Gaza’s reconstruction and recovery, organized in coordination with the United States and Germany.

The five-day initiative aims to promote Israeli higher education as an attractive alternative for Jewish students facing rising antisemitism on Western campuses.
A senior Hamas commander targeted in Thursday’s airstrike was responsible for holding several Israeli hostages, including soldiers and civilians, the army said.
Knesset Member Yoav Segalovitch, the one Jewish member of the party, will be the representative. Segalovitch served as an Israeli law enforcement officer.
Jesse Myerson has denied Israel’s right to exist as a nation-state, defended the slogan ‘globalize the intifada,’ and criticized Jewish religious traditions.