Kushner, IDF said working on separate contingency plans for Gaza in case Trump’s fails

By Lazar Berman

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12 November 2025, 7:40 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

A Palestinian child runs past buildings destroyed in the Gaza war, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 6, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Both White House Middle East adviser Jared Kushner and the IDF are working on contingency plans for Gaza in case Donald Trump’s 20-point plan stalls, Israel Hayom reports.

Kushner told an Israeli source this week that he is working on a plan B for Gaza, according to the report, pointing at the complexity of disarming Hamas and finding countries willing to send troops ready to confront Hamas militarily.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said at last week’s security cabinet meeting that the military is also preparing an alternative plan to Trump’s, and that he will present it soon to the ministers, the Hebrew-language daily reports.