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U.S. service members will arrive in Israel by Sunday to supervise the implementation of the ceasefire with Hamas, Fox Information has discovered.
The U.S. troops, all of whom come from the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), will arrange the civil navy command middle because the ceasefire unfolds, a senior U.S. official mentioned.
Among the service members are coming from the U.S., and a few had been already within the area. Most are with the Military.
They’re specialists in logistics, safety, engineering and transportation.
Israeli troopers stand close to their tanks alongside the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel Friday. (AP Photograph/Emilio Morenatti)
Not one of the troops can be going into Gaza.
Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, head of CENTCOM, attended talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, with U.S. Particular Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, a former White Home advisor and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, a U.S. official confirmed.
Cooper then flew to Israel and is within the nation.
The Israeli authorities authorized and signed the primary section of the Trump-brokered ceasefire deal in Gaza in a single day Thursday, kicking off a 24-hour countdown clock throughout which period troops needed to withdraw to a predetermined place.
Israeli troopers alongside the Israeli-Gaza border Friday. (AP Photograph/Emilio Morenatti)
“Following the political echelon’s directions and because of the situational evaluation, the IDF has begun operational preparations forward of the implementation of the settlement. As a part of this course of, preparations and a fight protocol are underway to transition to adjusted deployment strains quickly. The IDF continues to be deployed within the space and ready for any operational improvement,” the IDF wrote on X.
Hours later, the IDF confirmed that the ceasefire commenced and that ops had positioned themselves “alongside the up to date deployment strains.”
Witkoff mentioned Friday morning that CENTCOM confirmed the IDF had accomplished the primary section of its withdrawal from Gaza, which allowed the ceasefire to enter impact at midday native time, and Hamas’ 72-hour window to launch the hostages had begun.
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Israeli troopers transfer close to the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel on Thursday. (AP Photograph/Ariel Schalit)
Witkoff reportedly advised mediators he might have a command middle to watch the ceasefire arrange inside 2½ weeks.
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CENTCOM’s position in monitoring the ceasefire with Qatar and Turkey was a giant reassurance to the negotiating events, in response to these concerned within the talks.
Fox Information’ Rachel Wolf and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
