What has Trump’s Peace Council accomplished in the year since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’? | Israeli-Palestinian conflict News

It has been a year since US President Donald Trump’s Peace Council (BoP) negotiated a “ceasefire” aimed at ending Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.

However, rather than receiving relief and a chance to rebuild, Palestinians in the enclave continue to face attacks and being uprooted as Israeli forces have expanded their control over the territory.

Trump first proposed the BoP in September 2025, saying it would stabilize Gaza and ensure lasting peace.

In November, a United Nations Security Council resolution recognized the board as a “transitional administration” in Gaza.

But what did the board achieve? Here’s what we know:

What were the objectives of the BoP?

The BoP’s mission was outlined in Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, as was the “ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas. The ceasefire began on October 10, 2025.

The plan included steps each side should take to create a “credible path” to Palestinian statehood.

It demanded that Israeli forces withdraw from around 50 percent of the Gaza Strip and cease aerial and artillery bombardments. It also demanded that Israel release 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 others imprisoned in Gaza since October 7, 2023, the day Hamas carried out attacks in southern Israel and Israel began the war. The plan proposed reopening border crossings to allow much-needed aid to enter Gaza.

The peace plan demanded that Hamas release all Israeli prisoners. He also proposed a later phase in which the group would disarm and its members would be granted amnesty or safe exit from Gaza.

The peace plan established the BoP as the transitional governing body until the Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the occupied West Bank, can take over.

An International Stabilization Force (ISF), led by the United States, was supposed to provide security in Gaza after the withdrawal of Israeli forces, the plan states. He also proposes the reconstruction and redevelopment of Gaza, whose population, according to him, “has suffered enough”.

What has the BoP done over the past year?

In February, BoP members, who each joined in exchange for an annual membership fee of $1 billion, met in Washington, D.C., for their first summit, during which member states pledged $7 billion in funding, even though humanitarian agencies said rebuilding Gaza would cost closer to $70 billion.

On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month, the BoP also unveiled a recovery plan for 66 projects worth $2.4 billion.

What has BoP achieved?

The BoP’s achievements are linked to the success of the Gaza peace plan.

In this context, Hamas released the 168 living captives and Israel released the Palestinian prisoners.

Hamas also announced the dissolution of its government in the Gaza Strip, although Israel called the move a “set-up.”

Other goals of the peace plan have only been partially achieved.

Governance has been hampered. Although a National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG), meant to act as the governing authority in Gaza, was founded, Israel has not granted it entry into the Strip. The NCAG reports directly to the board and is headed by Chief Commissioner Ali Shaath and other Palestinian technocrats. It operates from Cairo. Israel has not explained why the committee is not allowed to enter Gaza.

Aid remains limited. Around 227 humanitarian trucks enter the Gaza Strip daily when 600 trucks were supposed to, according to the Integrated Food Security Classification (IPC) hunger monitoring tool.

Israel has classified thousands of basic items, such as tents and essential equipment like ventilators, as “dual-use” items, meaning they have military and civilian applications, and restricted their flow into the Gaza Strip. About 1.4 million Palestinians – most of Gaza’s more than 2 million residents – will go hungry at least until December, the IPC noted. That’s 200,000 more than those who faced hunger in May, suggesting a significantly deteriorating situation.

What has not been achieved?

Observers said the BoP has completely failed to achieve a “ceasefire” as Israeli attacks continue almost daily on the Gaza Strip.

Since October 10, 2025, more than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed. In the three years since the war began, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and thousands more are missing or presumed dead under the rubble.

Israel says its continued attacks target Hamas members, but the group vehemently denies these claims.

Israel also now occupies about 60% of the Gaza Strip, more than the 50% agreed to in Trump’s peace plan. The “Yellow Line,” which demarcates the area of ​​Gaza under Israeli occupation, has been pushed further into the Strip, causing further displacement and reducing the population of Gaza to an increasingly smaller area. Palestinians unknowingly crossing the “Yellow Line” have been shot dead.

In December, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the army would “never completely leave” the Gaza Strip.

Mohamad Elmasry of the Doha Institute of Higher Studies told Al Jazeera that Israel is simply pursuing a broader policy of “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. “They make life miserable,” he said, adding: “This is all intentional. »

Consequently, the BoP also failed to ensure that Hamas disarms so that phase two of the peace plan can begin.

Although Hamas agreed to hand over its weapons to the NCAG, it rejects the “disarmament” clause because Israel has not stopped its attacks or withdrawn from the Gaza Strip as agreed. At the same time, Israel said it would not move forward with the plan if Hamas did not disarm, leaving the two sides at an impasse.

During this time, no stabilization forces were deployed. Six countries – Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Albania, Kosovo and Uganda – have so far committed personnel to form a security force of 20,000 soldiers and 12,000 police officers led by the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM).

There has been no significant reconstruction in Gaza. Palestinians continue to live in tent camps infested with rodents and insects, with few means to protect them from intense heat or rain.

Will the BoP take over from UNRWA?

The Trump administration and the BoP echoed Israel’s rejection of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, or UNRWA, which has long provided vital humanitarian aid, education, development programs and social services to Gaza and employed about 11,000 Palestinians.

The BoP said last month it would not work with UNRWA, sidelining the agency.

A BoP official told the Associated Press news agency that UNRWA could continue to work in Gaza if its programs were deemed relevant, but that “the agency’s days are over.”

UNRWA said the move was “not logical”.

In June, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to extend UNRWA’s mandate until 2029. The BoP itself has a mandate to oversee the peace process until December 2027, when its progress will be reviewed for possible renewal by the UN.

Analysts and rights groups have expressed concerns that the BoP could take over all aspects of Gaza’s reconstruction. Countries also, including France and other European countries, have denounced any attempt to replace the UN in the Gaza Strip.

But Elmasry said no country was willing to act. “A lot of international players don’t want to go through the United States,” he said. That essentially leaves the fate of more than 2 million Palestinians to Trump, he added.

Ultimately, the BoP “failed,” said Simon Mabon, a professor at Lancaster University.

“The failure to implement its own plan to end the conflict in Gaza demonstrates its impotence and inability to ensure that Israel and, to a lesser extent, Hamas, remain bound by their own commitments (and) allowed the genocide to continue,” he concluded.