Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas

Alternative to Trump plan would involve committee of technocrats but future military status of Hamas unresolved

An alternative to Donald Trump's plan to turn the Gaza Strip into a US-owned Riviera of the Middle East" is being prepared by Egypt in conjunction with the World Bank, under which Hamas would be formally excluded from governance and control of the territory's reconstruction.

The process would be handed over on an interim basis to the control of a social or community support committee. No member of Hamas would sit on the committee. But the future military status of Hamas within Gaza is unresolved, which is likely to be a barrier to Israeli endorsement of the plan.