The United States has expressed its determination to implement the 21-point peace plan created to establish security and stability in Gaza.
U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott told The New York Times that they wanted the plan to be fully implemented. Pigott said the International Stabilization Force was one of the key elements of the plan and that they continued to take the necessary steps in this area.
Funding notification sent to Congress
Pigott said that on July 31, the day the Board of Peace announced its plan for the disarmament of Hamas, an official notification outlining the intention to provide funding for the International Stabilization Force had been sent to Congress.
The U.S. State Department's notification to Congress was sent on the same day that Trump announced that an agreement had been reached with Hamas on the Board of Peace's plan for Hamas's disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza.
Netanyahu opposed the plan
Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement rejecting the plan, debate began over how the process would proceed.
Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and special envoy, traveled to the Middle East this week to help secure support for the agreement. Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt and with Netanyahu in Jerusalem.