Why it matters: Dermer told the assembled senior officials that Israel doesn't want to occupy Gaza long-term, but needs an acceptable alternative to Hamas to govern the enclave. Kushner and Blair got Trump's blessing to keep developing such a plan, but right now they don't have an answer as to who would take over.

Behind the scenes: Wednesday's meeting lasted over an hour, with Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and several other senior administration officials in the room.

• Kushner and Blair presented ideas they had discussed previously with Witkoff and others, but never with Trump himself. 
• "They tried to give an idea of how Gaza could be governed and how you create an environment for investment so that reconstruction can happen. The goal was to run the ideas by Trump to see if he likes them and want to move forward, so that Witkoff and Rubio can use them," a source with direct knowledge said.

Towards the end of the meeting, Trump wanted to get the Israeli input and asked his team to call in Dermer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most powerful adviser.