Updates: Hamas-Israel ceasefire holds

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said that the announcement this week from the Trump administration about a governing council in Gaza was not coordinated with Israel, and went against Israeli policy.

Gideon Saar, Israel's foreign minister, would raise the matter with his counterpart, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the prime minister's office said.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has been invited by US President Donald Trump to join a board to supervise post-war Gaza, an offer he intends to accept, a senior aide told AFP on Saturday.

Trump has declared himself the chair of a Gaza "Board of Peace." He has so far tapped former UK prime minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to fill senior roles, and asked the leaders of Egypt, Turkey and Argentina to take part.

The senior Canadian government official did not provide further details.

US President Donald Trump has invited his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to join the "Board of Peace" meant to oversee post-war Gaza, Egypt's foreign minister said on Saturday.

"We received an invitation from the American side, from the US president, addressed to... Sisi to join the Board of Peace, and we are studying the matter," Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told reporters.

US President Donald Trump has sent a letter inviting Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to become a member of a so-called "Board of Peace" that is to supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which has been under a fragile ceasefire since October last year, the Turkish presidency said.

The White House on Friday announced some members the Board of Peace, which Trump will chair.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan was announced as one of the members of "Gaza Executive Board," along with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

The White House announced names of the so-called "Board of Peace" that will, under President Donald Trump's plan, supervise the temporary governance of Gaza.

Trump is the chair of the board, according to his plan revealed late last year under which a fragile ceasefire was reached in Gaza.

“To operationalise the Board of Peace’s vision – under the chairmanship of President Donald J. Trump – a founding Executive Board has been formed, composed of leaders with experience across diplomacy, development, infrastructure, and economic strategy,” a statement from the White House said.

According to the statement, the appointed members are:

• Secretary Marco Rubio
• Steve Witkoff
• Jared Kushner
• Tony Blair
• Marc Rowan
• Ajay Banga
• Robert Gabriel

“Each Executive Board member will oversee a defined portfolio critical to Gaza’s stabilisation and long-term success, including, but not limited to, governance capacity-building, regional relations, reconstruction, investment attraction, large-scale funding, and capital mobilisation,” the statement added.

Germany is hoping for a seat on the so-called “Board of Peace” for Gaza, according to the country’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul.

Germany is prepared to assume responsibility in this “important institution”, Wadephul said, after talks in Berlin with his Austrian counterpart Beate Meinl-Reisinger, according to Al Jazeera. 

“We expect concrete talks to take place very soon and perhaps also an invitation,” he said.

Wadephul also expressed hopes that the second phase of the Gaza peace process initiated under US mediation will now begin.

“The establishment of this Board of Peace is necessary for this,” he noted.

A group of armed Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians near the town of Kafr Nima in the occupied West Bank, reported Al Jazeera, citing the Wafa news agency.

The settlers pursued Palestinian families while they were hiking near the town, said the agency. It noted that Israeli forces provided cover to the settlers by firing tear gas at the Palestinians.

The incident adds to a series of settler attacks targeting Palestinians today, including one that injured an elderly man near Hebron.

Israeli soldiers shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian, who according to the military was, hurling a rock at them in the occupied West Bank, the military and the Palestinian health ministry said.

Official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the teen was killed during an Israeli military raid that led to confrontations.

US President Donald Trump announced the formation of the "Board of Peace," calling it the most prestigious body ever assembled.

Taking to his social media platform, Trump said he is backing "a newly appointed Palestinian Technocratic Government" in Gaza.

"It is my Great Honor to announce that THE BOARD OF PEACE has been formed," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding that the members of the body will be announced "shortly."

"I can say with certainty that it is the Greatest and Most Prestigious Board ever assembled at any time, any place," Trump said.

The board's creation comes shortly after the announcement of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee, charged with managing the day-to-day governance of post-war Gaza.

The committee will work under the supervision of the board of peace, which Trump is expected to chair.

The plan also calls for the deployment of an International Stabilisation Force to help secure Gaza and train vetted Palestinian police units.