March 5, Cairo/Gaza In order to prevent the displacement of Palestinians from the enclave, an estimated $53 billion restoration plan for Gaza has been authorized by Arab leaders.

According to the Xinhua news agency, the proposal was approved at the end of the emergency Arab summit that took place in Cairo on Tuesday, with the full backing of the participating Arab leaders.

A non-partisan technical committee was also established at the summit to run Gaza under the Palestinian Authority’s auspices for a minimum of six months.

Egypt will start promoting its rehabilitation plan abroad, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said during a news briefing after the meeting.

He said that the plan calls for recycling the debris left by the devastation in Gaza as well as the construction of an airport and seaport in the Gaza Strip.

The Arab leaders warned in the final statement of the summit that any attempt to annex any portion of the occupied Palestinian territory or to force the Palestinian people to leave their homes would push the region into a new phase of conflict, sabotage chances for stability, and spread the conflict to other nations in the region.

According to the statement, the Arab leaders urged the international community and financial institutions to swiftly give the required support for the rebuilding plan, promising to provide all forms of material, political, and financial assistance for its execution.

In order to achieve a permanent cessation of “aggression” against Gaza, the Arab leaders also emphasized the urgency of putting the second and third phases of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas into effect. They also emphasized the significance of each party’s commitment to its obligations, especially the Israeli side.

They called on Israel to provide secure, sufficient, and prompt access to humanitarian, shelter, and medical help without hindrance, as well as to withdraw entirely from the Gaza Strip, including the Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.

In order to conduct recovery and rebuilding initiatives, the Arab leaders committed to working on creating a trust fund that would accept financial promises from all donor nations and finance organizations.

The notion goes against a prior suggestion made by US President Donald Trump that called for rebuilding Gaza and moving Gazans to nearby nations like Egypt and Jordan.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Oren Marmorstein, reiterated Israel’s support for Trump’s proposal and opposed the plan on X.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, for his part, emphasized that Gaza should continue to be a part of the State of Palestine and that the UN is prepared to support the plan developed by Egypt.

Having dubbed the situation in Gaza “horrific,” Guterres urged that humanitarian supplies be let to enter the region.

Hamas praised the summit’s results, claiming that they show strong political support for the Palestinian cause, especially in light of the “Israeli aggression” that has been intensifying.

Hamas commended the Arab leaders’ stances at the conference in a press release, emphasizing their opposition to efforts to uproot Palestinians or weaken their cause.

Hamas emphasized that the united Arab position makes it abundantly evident that the 1948 Arab-Israeli war’s wholesale expulsion and dispossessed of Palestinians, known as the “Nakba,” would not happen again.

The organization called for all resources to support the success of the summit and praised the implementation of the rehabilitation plan for Gaza.