About 200 US troops will take part in a multinational force that will monitor and help implement a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip, US officials said Thursday, Anadolu Agency reported.
One of the officials briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, maintained that "no US troops are intended to go into Gaza." The exact location where they will be staged is expected to be discussed on Friday.
The official said they would instead be tasked initially with establishing an initial "joint control center" before working to integrate with forces from other countries "to deconflict with the IDF, and then to build the right force structure that's able to handle the missions as they are defined."
US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Adm. Bradley Cooper will "oversee, observe, make sure there are no violations, incursions. Everybody's worried about the other side," another official said.
"Much of this is going to be oversight," he said.
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