U.S. Denies Aiming To Spend $60 Billion on Gaza Reconstruction

The U.S. Trump administration has denied the claim, made in a Dec. 19 Wall Street Journal article that the U.S. will be funneling $60 billion to rebuild Gaza, although it avoids an explicit denial of the broader report that made the revelation, [reported the Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-admin-denies-it-will-spend-60b-to-rebuild-gaza-as-luxury-destination/ on Dec. 21. The Wall Street Journal story said the U.S. would initially commit to “anchor” the program by providing $60 billion, while envisioning Gaza being able to self-fund parts of the proposal as it gets underway.