A United States military team of 200 people will be deployed in the Middle East to 鈥渙versee鈥 the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after a peace deal brokered by President Donald Trump, senior US officials said today.
Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of the US military鈥檚 Central Command, 鈥渨ill initially have 200 people on the ground. His role will be to oversee, observe, make sure there are no violations,鈥 one senior official told reporters.
Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish and probably Emirati military officials would be embedded in the team, he said.
A second official said that 鈥渘o US troops are intended to go into Gaza鈥.
鈥淭he notion is to make it collegial, if you will. And the Israelis will obviously be in constant touch with them,鈥 the first official said.
鈥淧utting Admiral Cooper in the room gave a lot of confidence and security to the Arab countries,鈥 they added.
鈥淎nd therefore it was passed on to Hamas that we were taking a very strong role, or the President was taking a very strong position in standing behind his guarantees and his commitments here.鈥
The second official said the US personnel were intended 鈥渢o help create the joint control centre and then integrate all the other security forces that will be going in there to deconflict with IDF (Israeli Defence Forces)鈥.
-Agence France-Presse
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