Board of Peace Unveils $2.45B, 66-Project Gaza Reconstruction Blueprint

The US-backed Board of Peace unveiled a $2.45 billion, six-month blueprint covering 66 projects to begin rebuilding Gaza and restoring basic services, presented at a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2026. Reconstruction would proceed sector by sector, beginning in Rafah and moving northward, addressing infrastructure, education and healthcare. Medium-term reconstruction of Gaza's physical infrastructure is estimated at $35.2 billion, rising to $71.4 billion over a decade. Board high representative Nikolay Mladenov said progress hinges largely on Hamas disarmament, which the group has so far refused, adding 'we are not bound by a calendar.' Jared Kushner appealed for international support and ideas; no specific donor-country commitments were announced. On the ground, the Israeli military has expanded control to roughly 60% of Gaza, and the international stabilization force and new transitional governance body have not yet entered the territory — reconstruction has not begun.