What this actor is
The Board of Peace is the transitional administration for Gaza that resolution 2803, adopted on 17 November 2025 by 13 votes to none with China and Russia abstaining, welcomed as having "international legal personality". Chaired by the US president, it coordinates redevelopment and funding until the Palestinian Authority has completed its reform programme, may establish operational entities for governance, reconstruction, services and movement, and is authorised with an International Stabilization Force until 31 December 2027, reporting to the Council every six months. Its structure was announced on 16 January 2026: a founding Executive Board, a Gaza Executive Board, Nickolay Mladenov as High Representative for Gaza and a Palestinian technocratic committee chaired by Ali Sha'ath. By October 2026 the committee was still based in Cairo, the force had not deployed inside Gaza, and the Board's 15-point roadmap of 30 July 2026 had been approved by Hamas but not signed by Israel.
Confidence: Moderate Reviewed 2026-10-11
The roadmap and its verification
The roadmap of 30 July 2026, developed by the guarantors — Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye and the United States — with the High Representative, sets an International Verification Committee of guarantor, Board and force representatives to certify each stage, links decommissioning to "an Israeli withdrawal, in phases", and starts a 14-day clock for the Phase 2 timetable only once all parties approve it. Hamas approved it; Israel is not a signatory, and no document shows the committee constituted.
Sources: US government statements and documents on Israel, Gaza and Lebanon · UN Security Council resolutions, Secretary-General reports and meeting records (Levant)↗ · Security Council Report — monthly forecasts↗
Constraints
The Board's first report names "Hamas' refusal to accept verified decommissioning" as the principal obstacle and records violations on a "near daily basis". Its operational entities and the force depend on voluntary contributions, and the Israeli withdrawal it is meant to oversee is tied by the resolution to milestones agreed among the IDF, the force, the guarantors and the United States.
Sources: UN Security Council resolutions, Secretary-General reports and meeting records (Levant)↗
Position in the system
The Board is the hub every Gaza mechanism connects to — the committee, the force, the fund and, through the High Representative, the parties — and it holds authority without presence inside the Strip. Its second report to the Council is due around mid-November 2026.
Sources: UN Security Council resolutions, Secretary-General reports and meeting records (Levant)↗
Not published for Board of PeacePosture (objectives, constraints, leverage)
Elsewhere in Levant
Last reviewed — 2026-10-11