DONALD Trump's so-called "Board of Peace" has dramatically scaled down its plan for Gaza, according to reports.
It comes amid growing fears that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu will gamble on a new all-out offensive in Gaza before elections in October which could see him ousted.
The Guardian reports that instead of a widely-condemned plan to reconstruct the whole territory, the board is now pursuing just a small pilot project in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The board, led by US president Trump, previously heard plans to turn Gaza into a "Mediterranean Riviera" with "200 hotels".
According to The Guardian, the proposed pilot scheme, which would involve a temporary camp for a tiny fraction of the two million Gazans who have been displaced, along with a Palestinian administration, police and a small international security force, would not take shape before the end of the year.
The outlet reports that just "incremental" steps have been made in recent weeks.
It is understood that a number of Moroccan and Kosovan officers have arrived in Israel, where they are intended to be at the helm of an "International Stabilisation Force" (ISF) which will be tasked with protecting the pilot camp.
Yet preparatory work on the camp, which is set to be near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, has not yet begun, with satellite images of the area showing disturbed earth but no new structures.
Reports suggest substantial progress is not expected until after the Israeli elections on October 27, which could bring down Netanyahu's far-right coalition government.
Israel has repeatedly violated the so-called ceasefire with Hamas since it was declared last October.
According to Gaza's health ministry, at least 1123 people have been killed by Israel in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect.
Israel has also repeatedly blocked reconstruction work from taking place and has severely limited the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Israel's brutal onslaught of Gaza, which the UN has determined amounts to genocide, began after the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed around 1200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more than 73,264 Palestinians, including those killed since the ceasefire, according to Gaza's health ministry.
