The White House is planning the first meeting of leaders for President Donald Trump's so-called "Board of Peace" in relation to Gaza on February 19, Axios reported, citing a US official and diplomats from four countries that are on the board.

The plans for the meeting, which would also be a fundraising conference for Gaza reconstruction, are in early stages and could still change, Axios said in its report on Friday.

The meeting is planned to be held at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, the report added, noting ‍that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet Trump at the ⁠White House a day before the planned meeting.

In late January, Trump launched the board that he was chairing and which he said would aim to resolve global conflicts, leading many experts to express concern that such a board could undermine the United Nations.

Governments around the ‌world have reacted cautiously to Trump's invitation to join that initiative. While some of Washington's Middle Eastern allies have joined, many ‍of its traditional Western allies have thus far ‌stayed away.

A UN Security Council resolution, adopted in ‌mid-November, ‌authorized the board and countries working with it to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza, where a fragile ceasefire began in October under a Trump plan on which Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas signed ⁠off.

Under Trump's Gaza plan revealed late last year, the board was meant to supervise Gaza's temporary governance. Trump thereafter said it would be expanded to tackle global conflicts.

Many rights experts say that Trump overseeing a board to supervise a foreign territory's affairs resembles a colonial structure and ‌have criticized the board for not including a Palestinian.

The fragile ‍ceasefire in Gaza has been repeatedly violated, with over 550 Palestinians and four Israeli soldiers reportedly killed since the truce began in October. (Reuters)