US President Trump praises ‘new beautiful day’ as Gaza war comes to an end, but questions about the future remain.Political leaders from around the world have convened in Egypt for a ceremony to sign a ceasefire deal in Gaza, led by United States President Donald Trump and mediating partners such as Egypt, Qatar, and Turkiye.Speaking in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, Trump envisioned a glimmering future for Gaza as a hub of development and investment, even as the Gaza Strip lies in ruins following Israel’s devastating, two-year assault.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“A new and beautiful day is rising and now the rebuilding begins,” said the US president, who praised regional leaders who helped broker a deal between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.“Rebuilding is maybe going to be the easiest part,” he added, stating that “we know how to build better than anybody in the world.”The ceasefire deal has been greeted with a combination of relief and anxiety about the future in Gaza, where Israeli attacks killed at least 67,869 people, with thousands more likely buried beneath the rubble.“There’s no place here for people to stay,” Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud reported from Gaza.He added that people returning to what remains of their homes have struggled to access basic necessities, including water.“We drove by entire neighbourhoods that have been levelled to the ground,” Mahmoud said. “There is nothing left. There is nothing recognisable about many of the neighbourhoods that we knew.”Despite the toll of Israel’s military campaign, which left most of the Strip unlivable and has been described as a genocide by a growing number of scholars and rights groups, the US president has framed discussions of Gaza’s future around Israeli security demands. Advertisement “Gaza’s reconstruction also requir …
