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Representatives tied to the Trump administration have circulated a sweeping proposal to rebuild war-torn Gaza into a futuristic international destination, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

The plan, formally titled “Project Sunrise,” envisions a decade-long, $112.1 billion redevelopment effort featuring beachside luxury resorts, high-speed rail, and AI-optimized infrastructure.

The draft proposal was developed by a team led by Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, along with senior White House aide Josh Gruenbaum and other administration officials.

The plan is being presented to prospective donor governments via a 32-slide PowerPoint labeled “sensitive but unclassified,” U.S. officials told the Journal.

According to the presentation, Project Sunrise would convert Gaza’s devastated landscape into a modern coastal metropolis.

New Rafah (Credit: Wall Street Journal) Smart City (Credit: Wall Street Journal)

Slides reportedly show high-rise developments along the Mediterranean, cost tables, and phased timelines designed to move residents “from tents to penthouses” and stimulate long-term economic growth.

U.S. officials said the plan has been shared with potential donor nations, including wealthy Gulf states as well as Turkey and Egypt.

However, the proposal does not specify which governments or private entities would ultimately finance the project, nor does it detail where Gaza’s roughly two million displaced residents would live during reconstruction, according to WSJ.

The draft estimates total costs at $112.1 billion over 10 years, including humanitarian relief, infrastructure rebuilding, and public-sector payrolls.

Of that amount, nearly $60 billion would allegedly come from grants and debt guarantees, with the United States offering to serve as an “anchor” for roughly 20% or more of that support.

The U.S. State Department immediately moved to push back on the claims that American taxpayers would directly shoulder $60 billion of the project’s cost.

In a post on X, the department wrote bluntly:

**“This is fake news.

Nowhere in the plan does it say the U.S. will pay $60 billion.”**

This is fake news.

Nowhere in the plan does it say the U.S. will pay $60 billion. https://t.co/yoglZ36vAI

— U.S. State Dept – Near Eastern Affairs (@StateDept_NEA) December 21, 2025

The proposal also assumes that Gaza could begin to self-fund portions of the development in later years, eventually paying down debt as economic activity expands.

One slide projects that monetizing roughly 70% of Gaza’s coastline beginning in year 10 could generate more than $55 billion in long-term investment returns.

A critical prerequisite appears prominently in the document: Gaza’s reconstruction would depend on Hamas demilitarizing and decommissioning its weapons and tunnel networks.

Some U.S. officials who reviewed the proposal privately expressed doubts about its feasibility, particularly whether Hamas would disarm and whether foreign governments would commit the necessary funds in a volatile postwar environment.

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