Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said Monday that the prime minister and the Board of Peace agreed to establish two working groups focused on Gaza’s disarmament and public health.
The office called the discussions deep and constructive. It did not say when or where they took place.
One group will address the disarmament and demilitarization of Gaza. The office said Israel and the Board of Peace want the work completed promptly, before reconstruction begins in Gaza.
The second group will focus on sanitation, clean water and other public health issues affecting people in Gaza and Israel, the office said.
The office gave no timetable and did not identify the groups’ members. The supplied material contained no separate statement from the Board of Peace, and Virginia Times has not independently verified the agreement.
The announcement followed a Sunday joint statement from the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Türkiye, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The Saudi Foreign Ministry published the statement.
Those ministers condemned what they described as Israel’s rejection of the Road Map for implementing U.S. President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict. They also condemned what they called Israel’s rejection of Palestinian statehood.
The Sunday statement said Palestinian factions had accepted the Road Map and that U.N. Security Council Resolution 2803 endorsed the broader plan. Virginia Times has not independently verified those claims.
According to the ministers, the Road Map calls for weapons to be decommissioned as Israeli forces withdraw. It also provides for an International Stabilization Force, a transfer of authority to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza and reconstruction.
The ministers urged sustained U.S. involvement and called on the Board of Peace to protect the plan and prevent obstruction.
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