Trump Holds White House Gaza Postwar Talks With Blair and Kushner

President Donald Trump convened a White House policy meeting on Wednesday to discuss postwar plans for Gaza, bringing together former British prime minister Tony Blair and Trump adviser and son in law Jared Kushner, officials said. The session, described by one White House official as a routine policy meeting, focused on escalating food aid deliveries, the hostage crisis and governance options for Gaza after the war, participants and U.S. envoys said.

Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, previewed the gathering on Fox News and said the administration was developing a “very comprehensive plan” for the period after the conflict, adding he believed the war could end within months. White House officials declined to provide further details. Some reports also said Israel’s minister of strategic affairs, Ron Dermer, participated or provided input at the president’s request; other accounts did not include him, and the White House has not confirmed his attendance.

The meeting comes as Israel intensifies military operations around Gaza City, where residents and aid agencies say civilian suffering is acute. Witnesses reported Israeli tanks entering the Ibad al Rahman...