US EditionDonors reluctant to fund US-led Gaza plan as Hamas disarmament push stalls: Report
Donors demand Hamas disarmament and prefer UN oversight before funding $100 billion Gaza reconstruction, delaying aid amid concerns of renewed conflict, diplomats and sources said.
- On Feb 4, 2026, the United States has yet to secure donor commitments for its Gaza reconstruction plan as potential donors warn that disputes over Hamas disarmament could trigger renewed full-scale war, Reuters reported from Jerusalem.
- As a core term, the plan makes Hamas disarmament a precondition for reconstruction and troop pullback, with a Board of Peace chaired by US President Donald Trump overseeing the process.
- Demanding UN oversight and citing domestic fiscal limits, European governments and Gulf Arab states have hesitated to commit, while seven Western diplomats want funds managed by the United Nations rather than the Board of Peace.
- The funding pause leaves Gaza residents unable to start clearing rubble or rebuilding essential services, with the Board of Peace in talks to award contracts for clearing an estimated 68 tonnes of rubble to a Palestinian technocratic body.
- Abstaining from commitments, Kushner has scheduled a Washington event in the coming weeks to announce private contributions, though no date is set, raising questions about funding for 'New Gaza'.
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Donors reluctant to fund US-led Gaza plan as Hamas disarmament push stalls, sources say
The U.S. has yet to secure funding commitments for its Gaza reconstruction plan as potential donors voice concerns that disagreements over Hamas disarmament could lead Israel to resume full-scale war in the enclave, sources told Reuters.
Jerusalem, Kyodo News reported on the 4th that fundraising for the Gaza Strip reconstruction plan announced by the Trump administration has not progressed. The most difficult task in the "Phase 2" of the Gaza peace plan led by the US administration, the disarmament of the Islamic organization Hamas, has not begun, and countries are
Jerusalem: Sources stated that the United States has not yet received funding pledges for the Gaza reconstruction plan, as potential donors have expressed fears that disagreements over the disarmament of Hamas have prompted Israel to resume war in the Gaza Strip.
Defense Minister Israel Katz addressed today (Wednesday) the continuation of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas and the possibility of renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip. In his speech at the ceremony for the exchange of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Katz emphasized that Israel will work to complete the disarmament of Hamas in accordance with the agreement. "After we have completed the goal of returning all of our …
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