US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has been a key broker of the ceasefire deal in Gaza, says that no reconstruction funds for the territory will go into areas under Hamas’ control.
Kushner makes the pledge at a press conference alongside US Vice President JD Vance at the US-Israel coordination center for the ceasefire in Gaza, housed in Kiryat Gat.
“No reconstruction funds will be going into areas that Hamas still controls,” Kushner says, adding that discussions are ongoing as to how to begin reconstruction in areas controlled by the Israeli military in the Strip. Israel currently controls a little more than half of Gaza.
“There are considerations happening now in the area that the IDF controls,” Kushner says. He touts a vision of a “new Gaza” that can be built “to give the Palestinians living in Gaza a place to go, a place to get jobs, a place to live.”
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