US State Department, one year after ceasefire: ‘Rebuilding Gaza will be an arduous, multi-year process’
The U.S. State Department issued a statement today (Tuesday) marking one year since the agreement for the release of the hostages and the end of the war.
“Rebuilding Gaza will be an arduous, multi-year process, and implementation will be difficult. But we are making real progress toward a demilitarized Gaza, where Palestinians can live without Hamas rule and Israel can have genuine and lasting security,” the statement said.
The statement detailed a series of developments resulting from the agreement, including the establishment of the Board of Peace and a Palestinian technocratic administration, as well as the expansion of humanitarian aid. “These achievements, while remarkable, represent only the beginning,” it stated.
Meanwhile, KAN News reported on Sunday that Israel approved an American company acting on behalf of the Board of Peace to enter Gaza in the coming days to begin searching for and mapping several sites where Hamas will be able to hand over rifles and other weapons for destruction. This is one of the central stages of Trump’s peace plan, under which Hamas will relinquish its weapons and the Gaza Strip will be demilitarized.
According to details obtained by Kan News, the American team will enter the southern Gaza Strip in the Rafah and Khan Younis areas, which are under Israeli control. Surveys will then be conducted on the ground to identify locations that will ensure armed Gazans can safely reach the designated sites, with some form of IDF security.
