Leaked contracting documents detail plans by the Board of Peace to build a large military base in southern Gaza, including armoured towers, bunkers and a “Human Remains Protocol”.

As President Donald Trump on Thursday held the first meeting of the so-called Board of Peace, the international organisation ostensibly set up to oversee the Gaza ceasefire plan, contracting documents leaked to the Guardian provide the latest evidence that the board aims to permanently occupy the exclave that’s been under Israeli bombardment for more than two years.

The documents details plans for a sprawling military base with capacity for 5,000 people that’s set to be built over 350 acres in southern Gaza, which is currently under Israeli control as stipulated by the ceasefire deal reached in October.

The base would serve as the headquarters for the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), a future military force composed of troops from more than 20 countries that have signed on to the Board of Peace – an effort that has not secured support from a number of major US allies including the United Kingdom, the European Union, and key EU members such as France, Germany, and Spain.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas  said at the Munich Security Conference last week that plans for the Board of Peace do not match........

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