I cannot say I am a fan of the Donald Trump plan of turning Gaza into a Mediterranean resort strip, that may well be one of the dumber ideas he has had, and boy has he had some dumb ideas. Of course, he thinks it is brilliant, he will not let this idea go. Donald really thinks the Palestinian people will give up their homeland so he can create a resort town complete with golf courses. Trump dispatched his real estate developer mate Steve Witkoff to negotiate a deal, this was always going to be a disaster.

The sooner Hamas was eradicated and the remaining hostages returned, the sooner the rebuilding will begin. I would doubt even the most ardent Hamas supporter would have envisaged the level of destruction in Gaza. Hamas were unwilling to hand over the remaining hostages, at the time rumoured to have only 20 alive with the remaining 26 deceased. Hamas were tricky, they were not returning the deceased bodies, Israeli authorities performed DNA analysis and refused to accept Palestinian bodies they claimed were Israeli.

Egypt has been training Palestinian forces to take over the security of Gaza, this training is occurring at Egyptian military academies. The recruitment for the Gazan security force is to come from the West Bank, there will likely be some Gazans in that cohort. Israel will be unlikely to support he Palestinian Authority as they claim they are supporters of terrorism. Previously, Hamas has returned immediately after Israeli forces have withdrawn from Gaza.

It is likely Israel would object to a Palestinian peacekeeping force, Israeli spokespeople have openly stated they do not want the Palestinian Authority to control Gaza in post-war Gaza. The majority of the force will come from Egypt, with Jordan and the United Arab Emirates supplying personnel. I would think all nations are in agreement, Hamas will not be represented in the new Gaza security force.