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THAT IS WHAT SENSIBLE AND CONCERNED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD WANTED TO SEE. THE
USA TO TAKE CONTROL AND NOT LET ISRAEL DESTROY INDISCRIMINATELY!
FORMER PRESIDENTS JOE BIDEN AND BARACK OBAMA DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BEING UPSTAGED BY ISRAEL'S PM, A MANIPULATOR AND OPPORTUNIST WHO WOULD PIT DEMOCRATS AGAINST REPUBLICANS AND IN THE INTERIM CONTINUE TO INDISCRIMINATELY HAVE HIS WAY IN GAZA.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WHO IS GOING TO PAY TO REBUILD?
HAMAS NEEDS TO HEAR REASON ALSO.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS THE USA PRESIDENT COMPLETELY IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION?
IF NOT, THINGS COULD UNRAVEL ANY TIME.
A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
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US to send 200 troops to Israel to monitor Gaza ceasefire
Tom Bateman - state department correspondent and Elaine Okyere - BBC News
Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM EDT·2 min read
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Image shows two military vehicles driving through the desert as Israeli troops move along the northern part of the Israel Gaza border
[EPA]
Up to 200 US troops already based in the Middle East will be moved to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, according to US officials.
The US military will establish a multinational task force in Israel, known as a civil-military coordination centre, which is likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the UAE, they said.
One senior official said no US forces will enter Gaza, adding that the American role was to create a Joint Control Center which will "integrate" the multinational force going in.
The Israeli government has approved the first phase of a Gaza deal with Hamas, which has led to a ceasefire and the release of hostages and prisoners.
Israel-Gaza war ceasefire live updates
The task force will be led by US Central Command (Centcom) based in the region, and is intended to oversee the progress of the ceasefire agreement and also help coordinate humanitarian assistance.
The multinational force will inform both the Israelis and Hamas via Egypt and Qatar of the situation on the ground and any potential violations of the truce, one of the officials said.
The force is being established under the leadership of Adm Brad Cooper, head of Centcom. He joined the American delegation for part of indirect talks in Egypt earlier this week, one of the officials said.
Those talks led to US President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday that Israel and Hamas had "signed off on the first phase" of a peace plan he unveiled last week.
One of the point's in Trump's 20-point Gaza plan included the US working with Arab and international partners to develop a temporary International Stabilisation Force to immediately deploy in Gaza but this is yet to be agreed between the sides and would only happen if a hostage and prisoner exchange is completed.
Israel launched the war in Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
Since then, Israel's massive military offensive has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, including more than 20,100 children. These figures are seen as reliable by the UN and other international bodies.
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No plans to send UK troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire, says Cooper
Kathryn Armstrong -
Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM EDT·3 min read
Close up view of a solider holding an assault rifle on a military training exercise in a rural location.
[Getty Images]
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said there are "no plans" to send British troops to be part of a multinational force that will monitor the Gaza ceasefire from Israel.
The first phase of a deal with Hamas that will lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages has been approved by Israel and has now come into effect, according to its military.
Cooper, who is meeting foreign ministers in Paris, said the UK will continue to support the peace process in other ways, including looking at getting private finance into Gaza.
"This is still a fragile process but it is one there is a huge momentum behind and a huge commitment to, so we have to make it work," she said.
The US is moving up to 200 troops already based in the Middle East to Israel to coordinate what it is calling a civil-military coordination centre in Israel, according to US officials. This is intended to oversee the progress of the ceasefire agreement and to help coordinate humanitarian assistance.
Forces from Arab and Muslim countries, including Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, will also be involved, helping to observe the truce and report any violations. US officials said that no American forces would enter Gaza.
Asked on BBC Breakfast on Friday whether UK troops would be involved, Cooper said: "That's not our plan, there's no plans to do that."
Follow our live updates on the Gaza ceasefire
What we know about the ceasefire deal
The foreign secretary was also asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments in an interview with Euronews, that Europe had "essentially become irrelevant" in ceasefire plans, and said the decision by countries, including the UK, to recognise a Palestinian state had been an "ultimate reward (to) Islamists".
Cooper replied that the UK has had disagreements with Israel over this issue but that "the point now is that we need countries coming together to make peace a reality and to actually make it happen".
She insisted that the UK has "already contributed" to get to this point in the peace process, including by putting forward proposals as part of a framework for peace and through the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Cooper said that moving forward, the UK would be involved in talks with Arab states over ways to get financial investment into Gaza, which has been devastated by two years of Israeli bombardment.
More than 67,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel's military offensive according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Israel launched its military offensive in response to the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023, when around 1,200 people were killed, mostly Israeli civilians, and 251 were taken hostage.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has also emphasised the UK's role in peace negotiations, and said on Thursday that the country had "played an important part behind the scenes".
Speaking at a press conference on a visit to Mumbai, he added that the UK now "stands ready to play our part in implementing this [the peace plan], again with others, as we go forward".
Cooper flew to Paris on Thursday from Northern Ireland with her German counterpart. Both ministers had been attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the Western Balkans at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast.
She told the BBC's Today programme on Friday that they had held discussions about the lessons learned during the implementation of peace processes in their own countries in recent decades.
"What we know is that countries can come together to support peace, to resolve conflict, to rebuild nations," she said, and added that she believed the reflections could help in Gaza.
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US is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the Gaza ceasefire deal
KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM EDT·3 min read
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Israeli tanks are positioned on the coastal road leading to Gaza City as displaced Palestinians gather near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private-sector players, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details that were not authorized for release, said U.S. Central Command is going to establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war.
The remarks provide some of the first details on how the ceasefire deal would be monitored and that the U.S. military would have a role in that effort. After Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a Trump administration plan to halt the fighting, a litany of questions remain on next steps, including Hamas disarmament, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a future government in the territory.
One of the officials said the new team will help monitor implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza.
The coordination center will be staffed by about 200 U.S. service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering, said the official, who noted that no American troops will be sent into Gaza.
A second official said the troops would be drawn from U.S. Central Command, which has troops stationed in the Middle East as well as other parts of the globe. That official added that the troops already have begun arriving and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and efforts to establish the center.
Two other senior U.S. officials who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations offered more details about forces from other countries and what U.S. troops would be doing.
Members of the armed forces of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are expected to be embedded with the team of 200 U.S. troops, according to one of the officials. The American service members will integrate the multinational force and coordinate with Israeli defense forces, the official said.
The exact location of where U.S. troops will be positioned is something they will be working to determine Friday, the other official said.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, highlighted Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, saying he had worked alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Cooper — I hear he’s been fantastic,” Trump said.
Cooper joined the U.S. side of the talks in Egypt this week, according to one of the U.S. officials, and he helped reassure the Arab countries at the negotiating table that the U.S. would put a strong guarantee behind its commitments — a reassurance the Arab countries then passed along to Hamas.
In a show of readiness, Cooper told them he could have a command post up and running in the next two and a half weeks.
A breakthrough deal to pause the war in Gaza was reached Wednesday after the United States and mediators in the region pressured both Israel and Hamas to end the fighting that has devastated the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, sparked other conflicts and isolated Israel.
That push sealed an agreement on a first phase that would free the remaining living Israeli hostages within days in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
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US to send 200 troops to Israel to support and monitor ceasefire deal, reports say
Gabrielle Canon and agencies
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM EDT·3 min read
<span>Donald Trump speaks to US army troops Fort Bragg, North Carolina in June.</span><span>Photograph: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images</span>
Donald Trump speaks to US army troops Fort Bragg, North Carolina in June.Photograph: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images
US troops have been sent to Israel as part of the peace deal approved on Thursday to support and help monitor the ceasefire, according to multiple news reports.
Senior US officials told reporters that 200 troops will initially be on the ground with a “civil-military coordination center” operated by US Central Command to help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war, the Associated Press reported, citing two officials who confirmed the report on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not authorized for release.
Reuters and ABC News also reported on military troops being sent to Israel.
The troops are part of a broader team that also includes partner nations, non-governmental organizations and private-sector entities there to help monitor the peace deal and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza, US officials said.
US service members have already begun arriving in the region from around the globe, according to one of the officials, and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and establishing the center. American troops will not be sent into Gaza, they said, and the coordination center will be staffed by about 200 US service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering.
Israel and Hamas agreed to pause hostilities in Gaza on Thursday, a deal Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social network, saying it was the first step to “Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”. Many questions remain on next steps, including Hamas disarmament, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and a future government in the territory.
Both sides agreed to a hostage-prisoner exchange that would free about 20 Israeli hostages believed to still be alive and the remains of others who have died, and roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails.
Israeli bombs continued to land in Gaza, killing a reported 30 people after the deal was announced on Wednesday, but Palestinians celebrated in the rubble-strewn streets left devastated by the war, even as strikes continued.
More than 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza, and humanitarian officials eagerly awaited permission from Israel to deliver badly needed aid there. From March to May this year, Israel imposed a total blockade of supplies into the area, and famine was declared in parts of Gaza in August. Only 20% of the aid needed has been delivered over the last several months, according to the UN, which said roughly 170,000 metric tons of food, medicine and other supplies is ready for distribution.
After the announcement on Wednesday, the UN humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, called for all of Gaza’s entry points to open so aid could be delivered at “a much, much greater scale”.
“Given the level of needs, the level of starvation, the level of misery and despair, will require a massive collective effort, and that’s what we’re mobilized for,” Fletcher told AP. “We are absolutely ready to roll and deliver at scale.”
More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since the war began, most of them civilians. Roughly another 169,000 have been injured. The collapse of health systems, schools and access to food has also taken a severe toll, with at least 400 additional deaths related to malnutrition, according to the UN, including more than 100 children. Only 1.5% of cropland in Gaza has been left able to be farmed, with water and soil left polluted by munitions and fires.
As Israel’s forces withdraw, part of the agreed-upon process that will leave them 53% of the territory, according to an Israeli government spokesperson, questions remain about how the next steps to provide stabilization and reconstruction will unfold.
The remarks from US officials provide some of the first details on how the ceasefire deal would be monitored and how the US military would have a role in that effort.
Jason Burke and the Associated Press contributed to this story
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Trump To Send 200 U.S. Soldiers to Israel: Report
Mediaite
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM EDT·2 min read
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Mark Schiefelbein/AP photo
President Donald Trump is sending about 200 soldiers to Israel to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
The AP cited U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. They said U.S. Central Command will establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel to ensure humanitarian aid gets into Gaza while providing security assistance.
The AP further reported:
The coordination center will be staffed by about 200 U.S. service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering, said the official, who noted that no American troops will be sent into Gaza.
A second official said troops would come from U.S. Central Command as well as other parts of the globe. That official added that the troops already have begun arriving and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and efforts to establish the center.
Trump announced the ceasefire agreement in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
“This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly!” he wrote.
Hours before the post, AP photographer Evan Vucci captured Secretary of State Marco Rubio handing the president a note.
“Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first,” the note said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded on Friday.
“I want to express the appreciation and admiration not only of all Israelis, but of the Jewish people, and many, many admirers around the world for your leadership, your leadership of a free world, your leadership of a just cause, and the pursuit of peace and security which you are leading in many lands now, especially in the Middle East,” Netanyahu told Trump at the White House in July.
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US preparing to deploy up to 200 troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire
Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM EDT·1 min read
Joy and relief in Gaza and Israel after agreement to first phase of peace deal
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WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to deploy up to 200 troops to help monitor a ceasefire and help support a stabilization force in Gaza, U.S. officials familiar with the planning said.
"Up to 200 U.S. personnel, who are already stationed at CENTCOM, will be tasked with monitoring the peace agreement in Israel, and they will work with other international forces on the ground," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
The troops will be stationed in Israel and other countries and will act as observers to ensure that there are no violations. No U.S. troops are intended to go into Gaza, an official said.
Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
U.S. Central Command's role will largely be to provide oversight of a joint task force that is likely to include Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish, and UAE armed forces, a senior official added, and help deconflict with Israeli Defense Forces that are currently positioned in Gaza.
Details of the deployment were still being worked out on Oct. 9 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government formally approved the first phase of a peace plan put forward by President Donald Trump.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: United States to deploy up to 200 troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire
Tom Bateman - state department correspondent and Elaine Okyere - BBC News
Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM EDT·2 min read
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Image shows two military vehicles driving through the desert as Israeli troops move along the northern part of the Israel Gaza border
[EPA]
Up to 200 US troops already based in the Middle East will be moved to Israel to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, according to US officials.
The US military will establish a multinational task force in Israel, known as a civil-military coordination centre, which is likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the UAE, they said.
One senior official said no US forces will enter Gaza, adding that the American role was to create a Joint Control Center which will "integrate" the multinational force going in.
The Israeli government has approved the first phase of a Gaza deal with Hamas, which has led to a ceasefire and the release of hostages and prisoners.
Israel-Gaza war ceasefire live updates
The task force will be led by US Central Command (Centcom) based in the region, and is intended to oversee the progress of the ceasefire agreement and also help coordinate humanitarian assistance.
The multinational force will inform both the Israelis and Hamas via Egypt and Qatar of the situation on the ground and any potential violations of the truce, one of the officials said.
The force is being established under the leadership of Adm Brad Cooper, head of Centcom. He joined the American delegation for part of indirect talks in Egypt earlier this week, one of the officials said.
Those talks led to US President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday that Israel and Hamas had "signed off on the first phase" of a peace plan he unveiled last week.
One of the point's in Trump's 20-point Gaza plan included the US working with Arab and international partners to develop a temporary International Stabilisation Force to immediately deploy in Gaza but this is yet to be agreed between the sides and would only happen if a hostage and prisoner exchange is completed.
Israel launched the war in Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
Since then, Israel's massive military offensive has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry, including more than 20,100 children. These figures are seen as reliable by the UN and other international bodies.
What we know about the Gaza ceasefire deal
How Trump secured a Gaza breakthrough which eluded Biden
Lyse Doucet: Gaza deal is a huge moment but this is just the beginning
'Momentous opportunity': World reacts to first stage of Gaza peace deal
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No plans to send UK troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire, says Cooper
Kathryn Armstrong -
Fri, October 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM EDT·3 min read
Close up view of a solider holding an assault rifle on a military training exercise in a rural location.
[Getty Images]
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has said there are "no plans" to send British troops to be part of a multinational force that will monitor the Gaza ceasefire from Israel.
The first phase of a deal with Hamas that will lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages has been approved by Israel and has now come into effect, according to its military.
Cooper, who is meeting foreign ministers in Paris, said the UK will continue to support the peace process in other ways, including looking at getting private finance into Gaza.
"This is still a fragile process but it is one there is a huge momentum behind and a huge commitment to, so we have to make it work," she said.
The US is moving up to 200 troops already based in the Middle East to Israel to coordinate what it is calling a civil-military coordination centre in Israel, according to US officials. This is intended to oversee the progress of the ceasefire agreement and to help coordinate humanitarian assistance.
Forces from Arab and Muslim countries, including Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, will also be involved, helping to observe the truce and report any violations. US officials said that no American forces would enter Gaza.
Asked on BBC Breakfast on Friday whether UK troops would be involved, Cooper said: "That's not our plan, there's no plans to do that."
Follow our live updates on the Gaza ceasefire
What we know about the ceasefire deal
The foreign secretary was also asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments in an interview with Euronews, that Europe had "essentially become irrelevant" in ceasefire plans, and said the decision by countries, including the UK, to recognise a Palestinian state had been an "ultimate reward (to) Islamists".
Cooper replied that the UK has had disagreements with Israel over this issue but that "the point now is that we need countries coming together to make peace a reality and to actually make it happen".
She insisted that the UK has "already contributed" to get to this point in the peace process, including by putting forward proposals as part of a framework for peace and through the recognition of a Palestinian state.
Cooper said that moving forward, the UK would be involved in talks with Arab states over ways to get financial investment into Gaza, which has been devastated by two years of Israeli bombardment.
More than 67,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel's military offensive according to the territory's Hamas-run health ministry.
Israel launched its military offensive in response to the Hamas attacks on 7 October 2023, when around 1,200 people were killed, mostly Israeli civilians, and 251 were taken hostage.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has also emphasised the UK's role in peace negotiations, and said on Thursday that the country had "played an important part behind the scenes".
Speaking at a press conference on a visit to Mumbai, he added that the UK now "stands ready to play our part in implementing this [the peace plan], again with others, as we go forward".
Cooper flew to Paris on Thursday from Northern Ireland with her German counterpart. Both ministers had been attending a meeting of foreign ministers from the Western Balkans at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast.
She told the BBC's Today programme on Friday that they had held discussions about the lessons learned during the implementation of peace processes in their own countries in recent decades.
"What we know is that countries can come together to support peace, to resolve conflict, to rebuild nations," she said, and added that she believed the reflections could help in Gaza.
Jeremy Bowen: There's now a realistic chance of ending the war - but it's not over yet
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US is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the Gaza ceasefire deal
KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM EDT·3 min read
684
Israeli tanks are positioned on the coastal road leading to Gaza City as displaced Palestinians gather near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organizations and private-sector players, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details that were not authorized for release, said U.S. Central Command is going to establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war.
The remarks provide some of the first details on how the ceasefire deal would be monitored and that the U.S. military would have a role in that effort. After Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a Trump administration plan to halt the fighting, a litany of questions remain on next steps, including Hamas disarmament, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a future government in the territory.
One of the officials said the new team will help monitor implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza.
The coordination center will be staffed by about 200 U.S. service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering, said the official, who noted that no American troops will be sent into Gaza.
A second official said the troops would be drawn from U.S. Central Command, which has troops stationed in the Middle East as well as other parts of the globe. That official added that the troops already have begun arriving and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and efforts to establish the center.
Two other senior U.S. officials who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations offered more details about forces from other countries and what U.S. troops would be doing.
Members of the armed forces of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are expected to be embedded with the team of 200 U.S. troops, according to one of the officials. The American service members will integrate the multinational force and coordinate with Israeli defense forces, the official said.
The exact location of where U.S. troops will be positioned is something they will be working to determine Friday, the other official said.
President Donald Trump, meanwhile, highlighted Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, saying he had worked alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“Cooper — I hear he’s been fantastic,” Trump said.
Cooper joined the U.S. side of the talks in Egypt this week, according to one of the U.S. officials, and he helped reassure the Arab countries at the negotiating table that the U.S. would put a strong guarantee behind its commitments — a reassurance the Arab countries then passed along to Hamas.
In a show of readiness, Cooper told them he could have a command post up and running in the next two and a half weeks.
A breakthrough deal to pause the war in Gaza was reached Wednesday after the United States and mediators in the region pressured both Israel and Hamas to end the fighting that has devastated the Gaza Strip, killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, sparked other conflicts and isolated Israel.
That push sealed an agreement on a first phase that would free the remaining living Israeli hostages within days in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.
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The Guardian
US to send 200 troops to Israel to support and monitor ceasefire deal, reports say
Gabrielle Canon and agencies
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM EDT·3 min read
<span>Donald Trump speaks to US army troops Fort Bragg, North Carolina in June.</span><span>Photograph: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images</span>
Donald Trump speaks to US army troops Fort Bragg, North Carolina in June.Photograph: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images
US troops have been sent to Israel as part of the peace deal approved on Thursday to support and help monitor the ceasefire, according to multiple news reports.
Senior US officials told reporters that 200 troops will initially be on the ground with a “civil-military coordination center” operated by US Central Command to help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war, the Associated Press reported, citing two officials who confirmed the report on the condition of anonymity to discuss details not authorized for release.
Reuters and ABC News also reported on military troops being sent to Israel.
The troops are part of a broader team that also includes partner nations, non-governmental organizations and private-sector entities there to help monitor the peace deal and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza, US officials said.
US service members have already begun arriving in the region from around the globe, according to one of the officials, and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and establishing the center. American troops will not be sent into Gaza, they said, and the coordination center will be staffed by about 200 US service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering.
Israel and Hamas agreed to pause hostilities in Gaza on Thursday, a deal Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social network, saying it was the first step to “Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”. Many questions remain on next steps, including Hamas disarmament, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, and a future government in the territory.
Both sides agreed to a hostage-prisoner exchange that would free about 20 Israeli hostages believed to still be alive and the remains of others who have died, and roughly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails.
Israeli bombs continued to land in Gaza, killing a reported 30 people after the deal was announced on Wednesday, but Palestinians celebrated in the rubble-strewn streets left devastated by the war, even as strikes continued.
More than 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza, and humanitarian officials eagerly awaited permission from Israel to deliver badly needed aid there. From March to May this year, Israel imposed a total blockade of supplies into the area, and famine was declared in parts of Gaza in August. Only 20% of the aid needed has been delivered over the last several months, according to the UN, which said roughly 170,000 metric tons of food, medicine and other supplies is ready for distribution.
After the announcement on Wednesday, the UN humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, called for all of Gaza’s entry points to open so aid could be delivered at “a much, much greater scale”.
“Given the level of needs, the level of starvation, the level of misery and despair, will require a massive collective effort, and that’s what we’re mobilized for,” Fletcher told AP. “We are absolutely ready to roll and deliver at scale.”
More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks since the war began, most of them civilians. Roughly another 169,000 have been injured. The collapse of health systems, schools and access to food has also taken a severe toll, with at least 400 additional deaths related to malnutrition, according to the UN, including more than 100 children. Only 1.5% of cropland in Gaza has been left able to be farmed, with water and soil left polluted by munitions and fires.
As Israel’s forces withdraw, part of the agreed-upon process that will leave them 53% of the territory, according to an Israeli government spokesperson, questions remain about how the next steps to provide stabilization and reconstruction will unfold.
The remarks from US officials provide some of the first details on how the ceasefire deal would be monitored and how the US military would have a role in that effort.
Jason Burke and the Associated Press contributed to this story
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Trump To Send 200 U.S. Soldiers to Israel: Report
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Thu, October 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM EDT·2 min read
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President Donald Trump is sending about 200 soldiers to Israel to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
The AP cited U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. They said U.S. Central Command will establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel to ensure humanitarian aid gets into Gaza while providing security assistance.
The AP further reported:
The coordination center will be staffed by about 200 U.S. service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering, said the official, who noted that no American troops will be sent into Gaza.
A second official said troops would come from U.S. Central Command as well as other parts of the globe. That official added that the troops already have begun arriving and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and efforts to establish the center.
Trump announced the ceasefire agreement in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
“This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace. All Parties will be treated fairly!” he wrote.
Hours before the post, AP photographer Evan Vucci captured Secretary of State Marco Rubio handing the president a note.
“Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first,” the note said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded on Friday.
“I want to express the appreciation and admiration not only of all Israelis, but of the Jewish people, and many, many admirers around the world for your leadership, your leadership of a free world, your leadership of a just cause, and the pursuit of peace and security which you are leading in many lands now, especially in the Middle East,” Netanyahu told Trump at the White House in July.
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US preparing to deploy up to 200 troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire
Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY
Thu, October 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM EDT·1 min read
Joy and relief in Gaza and Israel after agreement to first phase of peace deal
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WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to deploy up to 200 troops to help monitor a ceasefire and help support a stabilization force in Gaza, U.S. officials familiar with the planning said.
"Up to 200 U.S. personnel, who are already stationed at CENTCOM, will be tasked with monitoring the peace agreement in Israel, and they will work with other international forces on the ground," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
The troops will be stationed in Israel and other countries and will act as observers to ensure that there are no violations. No U.S. troops are intended to go into Gaza, an official said.
Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Israeli military vehicles manoeuvre, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
U.S. Central Command's role will largely be to provide oversight of a joint task force that is likely to include Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish, and UAE armed forces, a senior official added, and help deconflict with Israeli Defense Forces that are currently positioned in Gaza.
Details of the deployment were still being worked out on Oct. 9 when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government formally approved the first phase of a peace plan put forward by President Donald Trump.
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