Members pledge billions to Gaza relief package at first Board of Peace meeting

President Donald Trump convened an inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

President Donald Trump announced at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members of the body have agreed to pledge $7bn towards a Gaza relief package and that five countries have agreed to deploy troops to take part in an international stabilisation force to the war-battered Palestinian territory.

Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania have pledged to send troops for a Gaza stabilisation force, while Egypt and Jordan have committed to train police for the efforts.