Representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace” have held discussions with Dubai‑based logistics giant DP World over potential roles in managing supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, Reuters reports, citing the Financial Times, which reported on Tuesday.
Gaza’s post‑war reconstruction, after two years of Israeli bombardment that has destroyed an estimated four‑fifths of buildings, is expected by international institutions to cost around $70 billion.
According to three people familiar with the matter, talks focused on a possible partnership between DP World and the Board of Peace to oversee logistics operations. These would include the management of humanitarian aid and commercial goods entering Gaza, covering warehousing, goods‑tracking systems, and security arrangements.
The discussions also explored more ambitious proposals, including the construction of a new port either in Gaza or on Egypt’s nearby Mediterranean coast. DP World could additionally develop a free‑trade zone within the Strip, the report said.
DP World and the White House did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Trump unveiled the Board of Peace initiative last September as part of a broader proposal to end Israel’s war in Gaza, later indicating the body could be used to address other conflicts as well.
Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday (20 April), Palestinian health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia, witnesses said.
Medics said one man was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij camp in the central area of the Strip, while another strike killed one person and wounded others in Gaza City.
Later on Monday, an Israeli airstrike killed at least three people in western Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, health officials at the territory's Nasser Hospital said.
The five deaths were the latest violence to overshadow the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal signed in October after two years of full-blown war between Israel and Hamas. Progress has stalled on parts of the deal, which include the disarmament of Hamas and Israeli army pullouts.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on either incident.
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