Board of Peace to Soon Manage Gaza Shelter Center

JAKARTA - The Board of Peace will launch a pilot project in the coming weeks to manage humanitarian shelters in the Gaza Strip that are not under Hamas control.

The Tel al-Sultan area, which is near Rafah, will be the first location to be targeted for the placement of civilians, especially those who have no connection with Hamas, Israel Hayom reported on Tuesday (30/6).

Citing an unnamed source, the newspaper said multinational forces known as the International Stabilization Force, led by the Peace Council, would be deployed to the region.

The troops will be stationed at Israel's Amitai Camp, which is near Gaza, the report said.

Reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Wednesday, July 1, the troops are expected to be armed with non-lethal weapons to maintain order within humanitarian zones. Meanwhile, the Israeli military will continue to expand and strengthen its control over areas beyond what is called the "Yellow Line".

Israel Hayom also reported that officials of the Peace Council promised not to use concrete in the reconstruction process in the area.

Instead, the area will be equipped with mobile housing units or caravans, as well as health and other basic services for residents.

The report also claimed the plan would allow the Israeli military to continue expanding the territory under its control in the Gaza Strip.

On January 16, the White House announced the formation of a transitional government structure for Gaza that includes a Peace Council, Gaza Executive Council, Gaza Administration National Committee, a technocratic government, and an International Stabilization Force.

The first meeting of the Peace Council was held on February 19 at the US Institute of Peace in Washington under the leadership of US President Donald Trump.

The initiative is part of the second phase of Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, which is supported by UN Security Council Resolution 2803, adopted on November 17, 2025.

The plan was reached after two years of Israeli genocide war that killed more than 73,000 people, injured more than 173,000 people, and destroyed about 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the enclave. The United Nations (UN) estimates that the cost of reconstruction in Gaza amounts to about 70 billion US dollars.