Gaza Strip under international administration

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Gaza Strip
قطاع غزة (Qita' Ghazzah)
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The Gaza Strip
Country Palestine
Gaza peace plan 10 October 2025
Resolution 2803 17 November 2025
Administrative centreTBA
Government
 • Type International transitional administration
 • Chairman of the Board of Peace Donald Trump
 • Chairman of the Palestinian Committee Vacant
Area
 • Total
356 km2 (137 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
2,050,000

Resolution 2083 adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations on 17 November 2025 contains provisions which effectively place the Gaza Strip under international administration. The resolution, incorporating the Gaza peace plan, authorises an international body, known as the Board of Peace, to act as a transitional administration for Gaza and allows for the deployment of an International Stabilization Force into the territory. Both bodies are mandated until 31 December 2027, but this can be extended by the Security Council.

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The administration is modelled on earlier United Nations mandated transitional authorities such as those in West New Guinea (UNTEA), Cambodia (UNTAC), Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES), Kosovo (UNMIK) and East Timor (UNTAET). [1]

Background

The Gaza strip had been part of the Ottoman Empire since the 16th century and came under the British Mandate of Palestine in 1920. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War the territory came under the control of All-Palestine Protectorate before becoming occupied by Isreali forces during the 1967 Six-Day War. The Gaza Strip came under the administration of the Palestinian Authority in 1994 as part of the Oslo Accords and was administered by Hamas forces after they seized control in 2007.

The Gaza war began in October 2023 following a series of coordinated armed attacks carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in southern Israel on 7 October 2023.

Former British prime minister Tony Blair initially proposed placing the Gaza Strip under international administration in August 2025. United States president Donald Trump presented a similar plan in late September 2025 which was accepted by both the Israeli government and Hamas the following month.

Administration

Board of Peace

The Board of Peace is an international transitional body authorised by a United Nations mandate to support with the administration, reconstruction and economic recovery of the Gaza Strip. [2] [3]

Palestinian Committee

Resolution 2083 empowers the Board of Peace to supervise and support a "Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee of competent Palestinians from the [Gaza] Strip, which shall be responsible for day-to-day operations of Gaza's civil service and administration". [4]

Local government

The Gaza Strip is divided into five governorates; Gaza, Khan Yunis, North Gaza, Deir al-Balah and Rafah which are further divided into 25 municipalities. The Gaza peace plan states that the Palestinian Committee is responsible for the day-to-day running of public services and municipalities.

Security and law enforcement

Map of proposed withdrawal of the Israeli armed forces from the Gaza Strip Map of trump plan for gaza.jpg
Map of proposed withdrawal of the Israeli armed forces from the Gaza Strip

International Stabilization Force

The International Stabilization Force is a multinational peacekeeping force to be deployed to provide strategic stability and operational protection in Gaza during the transitional period. [5] The plan would see the Israeli armed forces withdraw from most of the Gaza Strip once the International Stabilization Force is deployed. [6] [7]

Civil police

The Board of Peace, with the support of an International Stabilization Force, is authorised to "train and provide support to the vetted Palestinian police forces" in the Gaza Strip. [8]

Civil-Military Coordination Center

Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) Kiryat Gat, Israel in October 2025 Civil-Military Coordination Center Set-Up.jpg
Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) Kiryat Gat, Israel in October 2025

A Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), under the leadership of Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command was set up shortly after the ceasefire agreement came into effect on 10 October 2025. The center aims to help facilitate the flow of humanitarian, logistical, and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza. [9]

European Union presence in the Gaza Strip

The European Union has overseas operations in the Palestinian territories: the European Union Border Assistance Mission to Rafah and the European Union Mission for the Support of Palestinian Police and Rule of Law.

Humanitarian aid and reconstruction

Humanitarian aid

Under the Gaza peace plan, full aid is to be immediately sent into the Gaza Strip through United Nations agencies, the Red Crescent and other international institutions not associated with Israel or Palestine. The Rafah crossing should be opened in both directions, similar to its operation during the January–March 2025 ceasefire.

Reconstruction

The Gaza peace plan includes provisions for a Trump Economic Development Plan and the establishment of a special economic zone for the Gaza Strip.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Blair offers to lead Gaza, following the Kosovo model". Telegraphi. 26 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Magid, Jacob (27 September 2025). "Revealed: US 21-point plan for ending Gaza war, creating pathway to Palestinian state". The Times of Israel.
  3. ↑ "Trump upbeat about ending Gaza war as 21-point peace plan takes shape". 27 September 2025.
  4. ↑ https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1972726021196562494
  5. ↑ "Blair plan backed by Trump seeks Gaza authority to replace Hamas" . Retrieved 29 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "CONFLICT: Trump's Gaza post-war plan infographic".
  7. ↑ Abbas, Bashir Ali (7 October 2025). "What the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, proposed by Trump, envisages".
  8. ↑ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/full-text-us-resolution-gaza-approved-un-security-council
  9. ↑ "CENTCOM Opens Civil-Military Coordination Center to Support Gaza Stabilization" (Press release). U.S. Central Command. October 21, 2025. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
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