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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Wafaa Shurafa

Trump's Board of Peace painted a rosy picture of Gaza's future. On the ground, there is only despair

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Ramadan - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

At the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington, President Donald Trump spoke of billions of dollars pledged to rebuild the Gaza Strip and a “new and harmonious” Middle East rising from the ashes of war. Videos aired at the meeting showed a future of gleaming high-rises and new soccer pitches.

There was no sign of such optimism in Gaza, where Palestinians who have spent months or even years in squalid displacement camps or the rubble of their homes hold out little hope for change.

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