Trump names Gaza ceasefire plan committees, including board-led oversight

President Donald Trump’s administration announced members of a new Palestinian committee intended to manage day-to-day affairs in Gaza, along with an executive committee of international experts to supervise the next steps in a U.S. Gaza ceasefire effort, according to an Associated Press report.

The White House said the plan had entered its second phase, with components that include establishing the Palestinian committee in Gaza, deploying an international security force, pursuing disarmament of Hamas, and reconstructing the war-battered territory.

The AP report said the entire effort would be overseen by a “Board of Peace,” described as a group of world leaders led by Trump, with the report adding that the board’s other members had not yet been named.

Executive committee members and roles

The AP described the executive committee as a high-level group bringing together U.S. officials, regional government figures, and international leadership connected to leverage with both Israel and Hamas.

Marco Rubio, identified as the U.S. secretary of state and national security adviser, was listed among the executive committee members.

Steve Witkoff was also named. The report described Witkoff as the White House Mideast envoy during Trump’s second term, a real estate developer and close friend of Trump, and said he was a key architect of the ceasefire plan that took effect on Oct. 10.

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and a foreign policy adviser, was another executive committee appointee. The AP report said Kushner was a driving force in the Abraham Accords during Trump’s first term.

Tony Blair, the former British prime minister from 1997 to 2007, was listed as a member as well, with the report outlining that he later served as a Middle East envoy for the “Quartet” of Mideast mediators — the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations.

International security force and regional diplomats

The AP report named Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers and said he has been appointed commander of the International Stabilization Force, described as an on-the-ground multinational force meant to enforce and guarantee the ceasefire. The report said Jeffers previously led the U.S. military’s special operations command and oversaw implementation of a 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

Other executive committee members cited by the report included Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, and said Fidan has served since 2023 and is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The report also listed Ali Al-Thawadi, a diplomat from Qatar, and said Qatar’s government calls him a key figure whose work contributed to the U.S. ceasefire plan, citing Qatar’s description that he played a “central role” in Qatar’s contribution.

Gen. Hassan Rashad was named as well; the AP report identified him as the director of Egypt’s intelligence agency, and it said Egypt borders both Israel and Gaza and has been a key mediator throughout the war.

Reem Al-Hashimy, a Cabinet minister for the United Arab Emirates, was included in the executive committee list, which the AP report said would be expected to play a role in reconstruction efforts.

International officials and figures named for Gaza

The AP report also listed Ajay Banga, president of the World Bank, and Marc Rowan, described as the co-founder, chief executive and chairman of Apollo Global Management, as executive committee members.

The executive committee as described by the report included Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister, who the report said has served as the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian aid to Gaza since the war erupted in late 2023.

Nickolay Mladenov was named in the report as the “high representative” for Gaza, and the AP said he would act as the on-the-ground link between the “Board of Peace” and the Palestinian technocratic committee.

Palestinian committee head

For the Palestinian committee that the administration said would run Gaza’s day-to-day affairs, the AP report named Ali Shaath as head. The report described Shaath as an engineer, a Gaza native, and said he previously served as deputy transportation minister for the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.