Trump’s Board of Peace faces its first test on Gaza
Members of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace expressed optimism about peace and rebuilding in Gaza at its inaugural session.

Members of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace expressed optimism about peace and rebuilding in Gaza at its inaugural session.
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Many Palestinians in Gaza reacted to the first meeting of the so-called “Board of Peace” with deep scepticism.
![Palestinian man Omar al-Masri in Khan Younis, Gaza on February 19, 2026. [Screenshot via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-19T172032Z_1_LWD693819022026RP1_RTRWNEV_C_6938-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-TRUMP-BOARD-REAX_cropped-1771527343.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world “urgently” needs global regulation of fast-evolving AI.
![OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addresses the gathering at the AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India on Feb. 19, 2026. [Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1771521529.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
US Major General Jasper Jeffers said the Gaza “International Stabilization Force” will first deploy to Rafah.
![U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers attends the inaugural Board of Peace meeting at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2026. [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-02-19T161301Z_686880446_RC22PJAAN9K7_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-TRUMP-BOARD_cropped-1771519395.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
Donald Trump praised the “magnificent” B-2 bombers that “totally decimated the nuclear potential” of Iran.
![A US Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber taxis after landing at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, May 4, 2025. [Tech. Sgt. Anthony Hetlage/US Air Force]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/9436274_cropped-1771516401.jpg?resize=270%2C152&quality=80)
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Led by US President Donald Trump, the “Board of Peace” convened for its first meeting to discuss Gaza reconstruction.

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