Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said any post-war arrangement must be led by Palestinians themselves, calling the formation of a technocratic administration drawn from the strip “a necessary first step” to restore services and rebuild institutions.
The opening sessions highlighted a broad regional consensus that post-war stability in Gaza will depend more on governance structures than on temporary ceasefire arrangements.
Speaking during the forum’s opening session, FM Abdelatty said Egypt supports a framework that enables Gazans with professional expertise to run essential services and coordinate with international partners. Local leadership, he argued, is vital for public trust and for ensuring that any transition is credible and sustainable.
Abdelatty added that the proposed structure would operate within a temporary framework that could include an international stabilization mechanism and civilian oversight, as outlined in ongoing truce negotiations.
"We need to deploy this force as soon as possible on the ground because one party, which is Israel, is every day violating the ceasefire," Abdelatty said. Gaza’s future, he explained, “must be shaped by those who remain on the ground” rather than by external actors with short-term mandates.
The Doha Forum comes as Tel Aviv continued its blatant violations since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, brokered by Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the US, came into effect on 10 October.
On Tuesday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released a report confirming that Israeli occupation forces have killed 347 Palestinians and injured 889 others since 10 October.
In tandem, in a violation of the terms of the ceasefire, Israeli occupation forces have placed restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as 2.3 million Palestinians continue to face the spectre of famine in the strip, and impeded the start of reconstruction.
On Friday, Gaza ceasefire guarantors Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, and five Muslim nations stated that they were alarmed about Israeli threats to open a one-way crossing for Palestinians to exit the strip through the Rafah crossing to Egypt, stressing "their absolute rejection of any attempts to expel the Palestinian people from their land."
"The Foreign Ministers of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, the Republic of Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Republic of Türkiye, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the State of Qatar underscore their absolute rejection of any attempts to expel the Palestinian people from their land and stress the necessity of the full adherence to the plan proposed by US President Donald Trump, including its provisions on keeping the Rafah Crossing open in both directions, ensuring the freedom of movement for the population, and refraining from compelling any resident of the Gaza Strip to leave, rather to create the right conditions for them to stay on their land and participate in building their homeland, within a comprehensive vision aimed at restoring stability and improving their humanitarian conditions," read a joint statement.
During a separate plenary session, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said the current lull in fighting should not be mistaken for a permanent ceasefire. A comprehensive cessation, he said, requires a full Israeli withdrawal, the restoration of civilian movement, and guarantees to prevent renewed escalation.
Al Thani warned against portraying limited steps as political breakthroughs, describing the coming period as “critical.” He said the situation in Gaza is “a test of whether international justice can be upheld” and urged arrangements centred on civilian protection.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan emphasized the need for a phased transition in Gaza.
A functioning civil administration and a vetted police force, he said, must be in place before any disarmament is attempted.
Moving ahead without institutional capacity would risk a security vacuum and undermine stabilization, added the Turkish top diplomat.
Fidan said the sequencing may need to be adjusted: administrative structures first, then security arrangements, followed by political negotiations.
An international support mission could help with security-sector reform, he added, though its mandate and contributors have yet to be determined, noted Fidan.
He said talks on the force were ongoing, with questions remaining about command and which countries would take part. Its primary objective, Fidan argued, “should be to separate Palestinians from the Israelis.”
"This should be our main objective. Then we can address the other remaining issues," he said.
FM Abdelatty backed the proposal, calling for the force to be deployed along “the yellow line in order to verify and to monitor” the truce. Several deadly incidents of Israeli forces firing on Palestinians near the line have been reported since the ceasefire went into effect.
Fidan also said disarming Hamas should not be the immediate priority.
"That cannot be the first thing to do in the process, the disarming. We need to put things in (their) proper order, we have to be realistic," he said.
He urged the United States to intervene with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to ensure the plan’s success.
"If they don't intervene, I'm afraid there is a risk the plan can fail," he said. "The amount of daily violations of the ceasefire by the Israelis is indescribable at the moment, and all indicators are showing that there is a huge risk of stopping the process."
The Doha Forum continues through Monday, with sessions on humanitarian financing, conflict mediation, global economic disruption, and technology governance.
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