Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a key figure in administration-led negotiations over Gaza, this week unveiled an ambitious plan for a rebuilt “New Gaza” featuring high-rise towers, beachfront resorts and modern infrastructure — a vision sharply at odds with the current devastation in the territory after two years of war.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Kushner said preliminary reconstruction efforts are already underway and suggested that much of the rebuilding could be completed within two to three years. Smiling as he displayed slides of sleek skyscrapers and modern districts, Kushner said, “We’ve already started removing the rubble and doing some of the demolition.”

Concept images presented at the forum outlined zones designated for coastal tourism, residential developments, data centers and advanced manufacturing.

On the ground in Gaza, however, conditions remain dire. Israeli forces continue to occupy roughly half of the territory. More than 71,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, and hundreds of thousands of Gaza’s roughly two million residents have been displaced from their homes. Many now live in tent camps, exposed to disease, severe weather and flooding.

Kushner, who has been appointed to the executive board of Trump’s newly formed Board of Peace, framed the redevelopment plan as a pathway to long-term stability. Critics, however, point to the vast humanitarian crisis still unfolding in the enclave and the absence of clear political agreements governing Gaza’s future.