Scoop: Trump asked Netanyahu to move on Gaza peace plan in post-election call

Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take steps to implement the Gaza peace plan. The request matters because the roadmap has been stalled for months, while the United States has continued developing its implementation details. Trump now wants progress despite uncertainty over whether Netanyahu or his opposition will form Israel's next government.

The plan requires Hamas to disarm and Gaza to become demilitarized. It also calls for civilian and security control to move to a new Palestinian technocratic government. During their call, Trump was joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, and envoy Steve Witkoff. Netanyahu initiated the call, which a source described as constructive.

The administration wants implementation to proceed gradually. Reconstruction would begin only after progress toward disarming Hamas had been verified. The next steps require cooperation from both Israel and Hamas, and the United States says full partnership from Israel's government is necessary.

Trump's Gaza peace plan is a roadmap for ending the war's political and security deadlock. Its main steps are disarming Hamas, demilitarizing Gaza, and transferring responsibility for governing the enclave to a new Palestinian technocratic government. The plan matters because it connects security changes with a new civilian authority and post-war recovery.

The first phase was agreed by Israel and Hamas a year ago. It produced a ceasefire and the release of the last 20 living hostages taken during the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. Later, the Board of Peace reached a 15-point agreement with Hamas covering disarmament and the transfer of civilian and security control.

The broader implementation plan includes a Palestinian technocratic government and an International Stabilization Force. The process would be gradual. Reconstruction would start only after disarmament progress was verified. The Board of Peace says Israel and Hamas must cooperate for the roadmap to move forward.

The plan would transfer responsibility for governing Gaza to a new Palestinian technocratic government. In ordinary terms, a technocratic government is an administration led by specialists chosen to manage public affairs, rather than by armed factions or competing political leaders. The article presents it as a new civilian authority for the enclave.

This government would receive both civilian and security control under the 15-point arrangement reached between the Board of Peace and Hamas. Its creation is tied to Hamas's disarmament and Gaza's demilitarization. The proposed arrangement therefore changes not only who provides services, but also who controls security and public administration.

The transition remains unresolved. Netanyahu's government has largely refused to move ahead, while Netanyahu remains deeply skeptical that Hamas will demilitarize. The Board of Peace has been refining the plan with Israel and its military. Progress depends on cooperation from Israel and Hamas, plus verified disarmament before reconstruction begins.

The proposed recovery effort covers six months and is valued at $2.45 billion. It contains 66 projects and is designed to provide one of the most comprehensive roadmaps yet for Gaza's early post-war recovery and governance. Its scale shows that the plan is not limited to a ceasefire; it also addresses how the enclave could function afterward.

The article does not itemize the 66 projects. It says the proposal is an initial recovery plan and that its broader implementation framework includes a Palestinian technocratic government and an International Stabilization Force. The recovery program therefore sits inside a larger transition from wartime control to civilian administration and security arrangements.

The money and projects cannot move ahead automatically. Israel and Hamas must cooperate, and reconstruction would begin only after progress in disarming Hamas had been verified. The Board of Peace has spent months refining the plan with Israel and its military, especially to address Israeli concerns about demilitarization.

If Hamas disarmed and Israel and Hamas cooperated, the plan would create conditions for transferring civilian and security control in Gaza to a new Palestinian technocratic government. Gaza would also be demilitarized. This matters because the proposed transition joins security, governance, and recovery instead of treating them as separate problems.

The mechanism is deliberately staged. The Board of Peace's arrangement with Hamas calls for armed groups to disarm and for the new government to assume civilian and security responsibilities. An International Stabilization Force is also part of the implementation framework. Reconstruction would not begin immediately; it would follow verification that disarmament was advancing.

The likely next phase would be the six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan involving 66 projects. But the outcome is not guaranteed. Netanyahu doubts Hamas will demilitarize, and the United States says implementation requires full cooperation and partnership from Israel's government as well as cooperation from Hamas.

Implementation was delayed because the Israeli election made the Gaza plan politically explosive. The Trump administration did not want to force the issue during the campaign. The plan therefore remained on hold for months, even as the Board of Peace worked on details and Hamas had agreed to a 15-point framework.

Trump endorsed Netanyahu shortly before the election, adding political sensitivity to the timing. Netanyahu's government later largely refused to move forward, mostly for domestic political reasons. During an August visit, Jared Kushner told Netanyahu that Hamas had agreed for the first time to disarm and urged him to test whether that commitment was real.

The election has now passed, so Trump wants to forge ahead whether Netanyahu or opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot forms a government. Tony Blair visited Israel the next day and urged Israeli political leaders to give the plan a chance. The United States still sees cooperation as essential to implementation.

Disarmament is central because the plan seeks to move Gaza from armed-group control toward civilian government. Hamas must give up its weapons and Gaza must be demilitarized before civilian and security responsibilities can transfer to the new Palestinian technocratic government. Without that security change, the proposed government could not fully control the enclave.

The sequence is linked. A ceasefire creates space for hostage releases and planning. Verified disarmament supports security, which enables the new government to assume control. Only after disarmament progress is confirmed would reconstruction begin. The implementation framework also includes an International Stabilization Force, adding a planned security element to the transition.

The arrangement remains difficult because Netanyahu says Hamas is reconstituting and rearming in Gaza. He remains extremely skeptical that the group will demilitarize. The Board of Peace has refined the plan with Israel and its military, but progress still depends on cooperation from both Israel and Hamas.