i24NEWS reported via a post by journalist Amichai Stein on X during the 6:47 PM to 7:16 PM UTC window on January 17, 2026, that leaders of more than 60 countries were invited to serve as members of the Peace Council related to Gaza. Western diplomats told i24NEWS that U.S. President Donald Trump is building an organization that will deal not only with Gaza, perhaps "another kind of UN." This development follows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office statement earlier on January 17 rejecting the Gaza Executive Committee's composition, which includes Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Qatari official Ali al-Thawadi and advises the Peace Council, as reported by Nitzan Shpir and contradicted by Israeli sources cited by Suleiman and Blumenthal. In related military activity, aviation tracker CoronetEast posted on X during the same window that three new Israeli F-35 aircraft, tail numbers 978, 979, and 983, departed Burlington International Airport (KBTV) in Vermont, USA, for RAF Mildenhall (EGUN) in the UK on January 16, 2026, using callsigns RETRO 91-93 and supported by KC-46 tanker BLUE 41 (17-46027) on frequencies 293.000 boom and 246.800 air-to-air.
