During a visit to Israel on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said he hoped to form an “international security force” to oversee a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible, but that the members of the force must be composed of “satisfied” nations of Israel.
The United States is eager to stabilize progress
Rubio arrived in Israel on the 23rd to start his visit. The next day, he visited the "Civil-Military Coordination Center" established by the US military in southern Israel. The center is composed of military and non-military personnel and aims to provide support for "stability maintenance operations after the end of the Gaza conflict." About 200 U.S. military personnel are currently stationed here, working in conjunction with the Israeli military and representatives of other countries.
On the 24th, the Associated Press reporter saw that there were flags of Cyprus, Greece, France, Germany, Australia and Canada in the center. On the same day, rubio promised to send more American diplomats to join it. On the same day, the U.S. State Department announced in a statement that it had appointed Steven Fagin, the current U.S. ambassador to Yemen, as the civilian head of the above-mentioned "coordination center". The top military official at the center is Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Central Command.
According to Associated Press and Reuters, the United States is seeking support from allies, including Gulf Arab countries, to form a so-called "international security force" in the Gaza Strip and train Palestine's own defense forces. Rubio said on the 24th that the United States is pushing the United Nations and other parties to authorize this force, and according to the ceasefire agreement, its constituent countries must be Israel's "satisfactory countries". He also stressed that the future governance of the Gaza Strip needs to be formulated by Israel and its partner countries, and cannot include Hamas.
In terms of aid mechanisms, Rubio said more than a dozen groups will be involved in Gaza’s humanitarian work, including the UN and other humanitarian organizations, but the UN’s relief and projects for Palestinian refugees in the Near East are not included.
After meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the 23rd, rubio told reporters that there are challenges in the implementation of the ceasefire agreement, but the US is still "full of confidence and positive attitude". Netanyahu said that Israel hopes to promote peace, but it still faces security challenges.
The ceasefire agreement remains fragile.
Under the chairmanship of Egypt, multiple Palestinian factions held talks in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, on the 23rd and 24th and agreed to establish a temporary independent technocratic body to govern the Gaza Strip. According to a statement issued after the meeting, the newly established body will be composed of non-partisans from Gaza and will be responsible for managing day-to-day affairs and providing basic services. The statement also called for the establishment of an international committee to oversee the funding and implementation of reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas spokesman Hazim Kassem said in a statement on social media: "We have reached an agreement on the second phase of arrangements for managing the Gaza Strip, confirming that the Gaza Strip will be governed by Palestinians and that the Gaza Strip will not be separated from the Jordan River." The West Bank."
According to Agence France-Presse, Hamas has made it clear that it has no intention of dominating the governance of the Gaza Strip after the war, but insists on rejecting demands to disarm it.
After mediation by many parties, the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza came into effect on the 10th. In the past few days, Israel and Hamas have accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement, and the fragility of the ceasefire agreement is obvious.
The U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East Witkov and Vice President Wences have been visiting Israel since the 20th.According to the National Geographic, American officials frequentlyvisitFormer Israeli diplomat Dan Abel believes that the Trump administration's practice shows that the United States lacks confidence in Netanyahu, and the responsibility forining the ceasefire now falls on the United States side.