US preparing to deploy up to 200 troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire

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US preparing to deploy up to 200 troops to monitor Gaza ceasefire

Story by Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY

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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.

 

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.

 

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© Ammar Awad, REUTERS

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.