Ammon News - Israel has joined U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington where he met Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Visuals released earlier on Wednesday after the Netanyahu-Rubio meeting showed them holding a document, opens new tab with Netanyahu's signature on Israel joining the board. Netanyahu said on X he "signed Israel's accession as a member of the "Board of Peace."

He later discussed Iran with Trump.

A U.N. Security Council resolution, adopted in mid-November, authorized the board and countries working with it to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza, where a fragile ceasefire began in October under a Trump plan on which Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas signed off.

Under Trump's Gaza plan, the board was meant to supervise Gaza's temporary governance. Trump thereafter said the board, with him as chair, would be expanded to tackle global conflicts.

The board will hold its first meeting on February 19 in Washington to discuss Gaza's reconstruction.

Reuters