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Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace issues first building contract – for a military base

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Per The Guardian, Donald Trump's Board of Peace — established to oversee reconstruction efforts in Gaza — has issued its first construction contract. The project involves building a one-hundred-fifty-person military outpost to house Moroccan troops. The contract, awarded to Arkel International, a Louisiana-based firm with prior work for the US government, has not yet been finalized.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/trump-gaza-...

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