Hamas blocked Gazan contractors last week from reaching an area in Rafah designated for a new Palestinian city under the Trump administration’s peace plan , Hebrew media reported on Tuesday. The contractors told Kan News that armed Hamas members prevented them from reaching the area. The contractors, who had come from across the Gaza Strip, were forced to turn back even though they had been sent there in coordination with the Israel Defense Forces and the Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), the headquarters set up in the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat to manage stabilization efforts in Gaza, according to the report. The workers were starting construction on “New Rafah,” a plan for 100,000-plus housing units which was unveiled by Jared Kushner , President Trump’s son-in-law and special adviser, at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. Ambulances transporting wounded and sick Palestinians from Khan Yunis to the border crossing with Egypt in Rafah on May 6, 2026.…