Top US military commander visits Gaza, reaffirms no US troops to be deployed there
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The US military will coordinate a multinational task force that will deploy in Gaza and is likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the UAE.
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WASHINGTON – The head of the US Central Command (Centcom) said on Oct 11 he visited Gaza to discuss post-conflict stabilisation and insisted no US troops will be deployed to the Palestinian territory.
Admiral Brad Cooper wrote on X that he just returned from a trip to Gaza to discuss the creation of a Centcom-led “civil-military coordination centre” which will “support conflict stabilisation”.
An initial deployment of 200 US troops
The US military will coordinate a multinational task force that will deploy in Gaza and is likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.
“America’s sons and daughters in uniform are answering the call to deliver peace in the Middle East in support of the Commander-in-Chief’s direction in this historic moment,” Adm Cooper wrote on X.
Adm Cooper was appointed in early August to lead Centcom, the US military command responsible for the Middle East. AFP
