Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair seeks a senior role in running postwar Gaza under a peace plan being developed by the Trump administration, the Financial Times has said, citing people briefed on the proposal.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report.

Blair had been proposed to chair a supervisory board called the “Gaza International Transitional Authority,” the paper added.

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