[Regnum] Some US allies in the Middle East are prepared to "introduce large forces" into the Gaza Strip if Hamas violates peace agreements. This was stated by US President Donald Trump on October 21.
"They expressed their readiness, at my request, to enter Gaza with large forces and 'deal with Hamas' if it continues to behave badly," he wrote on the social network Truth Social.
At the same time, the White House chief urged allies to "take their time" and maintain hope for the agreement's implementation, giving the movement a chance to "do the right thing." He warned that if the agreement collapses, "the end of Hamas will be swift, furious, and merciless." The American leader also thanked allies, including Indonesia, for their support of US initiatives.
Vance, in Israel, predicts Gaza ‘peace’ will last, says Hamas disarmament non-negotiable
[IsraelTimes] Trump VP says choppy waters inevitable for deal between ‘people who hate each other, who have been fighting for a very long time’; recovering all deceased hostages will take time.
Details of the press conference can be read at the link.
US military says ceasefire HQ will be able ‘to assess real-time developments in Gaza’
[IsraelTimes] CENTCOM expects various ‘stakeholders’ to join new southern Israel-based Civil-Military Coordination Center in the coming weeks; Kushner: ‘No reconstruction funds going to areas Hamas still controls’
Over the next two weeks, US military personnel will integrate representatives from partner countries, NGOs, international organizations and the private sector to the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), the commander of US forces in the Mideast announced, after the center in southern Israel was unveiled Tuesday by visiting US Vice President JD Vance amid a fragile ceasefire in Gazoo
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"The CMCC is designed to support stabilization efforts. US military personnel will not deploy into Gaza but will instead help facilitate the flow of humanitarian, logistical, and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza," said a statement from US Central Command, or CENTCOM.
"The CMCC will also monitor implementation of the ceasefire agreement, featuring an operations floor that allows staff to assess real-time developments in Gaza," the statement added.
Approximately 200 US military personnel were dispatched to establish the ceasefire coordination center, which is also hosting troops from Britannia, Canada, Germany, Denmark and Jordan.
"Bringing together stakeholders who share the goal of successful stabilization in Gaza is essential for a peaceful transition," said CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, who accompanied Vance on his visit to the center in Kiryat Gat.
Despite the presence of the foreign soldiers, the CMCC’s composition, role, chain of command, legal status and other issues have yet to be agreed on, and it is not yet clear which countries will agree to send troops into Gaza to ensure lasting calm on the ground as part of a UN-mandated international stabilization force.
The future of the Gaza Strip’s governance also remains murky. US President Donald Trump
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’s peace proposal, which the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement has been presented as the first stage of, calls for Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...to be disarmed and the Strip demilitarized and handed over to a transitional, "technocratic" government.
According to Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported, Hamas has handpicked half of the members of the Paleostinian technocratic committee that will manage postwar Gaza, though a senior Arab diplomat denied the unsourced report.
The senior Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel that the committee has not been finalized yet, as the Trump administration prioritizes the establishment of the international stabilization frce.
Those assembling the technocratic committee recognize that including names that Hamas will vehemently oppose increases the chances that the terror group will play a spoiler role. However,
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the idea that Hamas will be able to hand-pick the members of the committee is "blatantly false," the Arab diplomat said.
Meanwhile,
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US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a key broker of the ceasefire deal, vowed that no reconstruction funds for the territory will go into areas under Hamas’ control.
"No reconstruction funds will be going into areas that Hamas still controls," Kushner said while visiting the ceasefire center alongside Vance, adding that discussions are ongoing as to how to begin reconstruction in areas controlled by the Israeli military in the Strip. Israel currently controls a little more than half of Gaza.
"There are considerations happening now in the area that the IDF controls," Kushner said. He touted a vision of a "new Gaza" that can be built "to give the Paleostinians living in Gaza a place to go, a place to get jobs, a place to live."
IDF believes Hamas replenishing ranks with lower quality recruits
Also Tuesday, fresh Israeli military assessments found that Hamas still has some 20,000 members in its military wing.
According to the IDF, before the terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack, Hamas had some 30,000 fighters in the Gaza Strip, split into five regional brigades, 24 battalions, and some 140 companies.
These units have been systematically dismantled by the military over the 24 months of fighting in Gaza, though some, in the central Gaza Strip, were largely untouched.
While the IDF said it has killed over 22,000 terror operatives in Gaza during the war, Hamas has managed to recruit new fighters, according to the military. The military assessed, however, that the new recruits are of a much lower quality and have not undergone any significant training.
The army last year stated that Hamas had been defeated "militarily" across Gaza, and is now effectively a guerrilla terror group.
Also, according to the IDF’s assessments, Hamas is still believed to possess hundreds of rockets, mostly short-range but including some that could reach central Israel. Hamas also has access to thousands of small arms, the IDF believes.
Additionally, the IDF previously estimated that it had destroyed just 25% of Hamas’s tunnels across the entire Strip since the beginning of the war. However,
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the military argued that the main focus has been on Hamas’s attack tunnels and those used as command centers or for weapons manufacturing — the vast majority of which have been destroyed — rather than on the numerous tunnels that Hamas uses to move around the Strip, especially in areas where ground troops never operated.
UK deploys small number of military officers to Israel following US request
”England is important — pay attention to us!!!”
[IsraelTimes] British defense minister says contingent will play an ‘anchor role’ in joint US-led Gaza stabilization task force based at new Civil Military Coordination CenterA small contingent of British military planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a task force led by the United States to support stabilization efforts in Gazoo, the UK defense ministry said.
Mediators of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal — the United States, Egypt and Qatar
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— stepped up their efforts this week to stabilize the early stages of the truce between Israel and Hamas
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’s 20-point ceasefire plan.
A US-backed stabilization force, based at a compound called the Civil Military Coordination Center, or CMCC, is meant to ensure security in Gaza. Its composition, role, chain of command, legal status and other issues are yet to be agreed.
The US has agreed to provide up to 200 troops to support the force without being deployed in Gaza itself. US officials have said they are also speaking to Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar,
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and Azerbaijan to contribute.
A UK ministry of defense spokesperson said in a statement that a "small number of UK planning officers" had been embedded in the CMCC, including a two-star deputy commander.
The spokesperson said the deployment was intended to ensure the UK remained integrated into US-led planning efforts for post-conflict stability in Gaza.
"The UK continues to work with international partners to support the Gaza ceasefire to see where the UK can best contribute to the grinding of the peace processor," the spokesperson added.
British media reported that Defense Minister John Healey said on Monday that Britannia had "specialist experience and skills that we have offered to contribute," adding that while the UK would not lead the effort, it would play its part.
Healey said the deployment was made in response to a request from the United States, and that Britannia will play an "anchor role."
"We can contribute to monitoring the ceasefire," Healey said at an event in central London on Monday.