Israel To Enable a Key Step Toward Implementing Stabilization Plan For Gaza: The Entry Of International Troops

Israel is set to allow a multinational security force to enter Gaza and move forward with the ceasefire plan for the enclave.

Reuters detailed that the Israeli security cabinet approved the legal framework allowing the move, which will include 200 members from "friendly countries ⁠such as Uganda and Morocco."

The outlet noted that Israel will approve the entry of every contingent, which will be deployed in areas the country does not control to implement the agreement. It is not clear when they will enter Gaza.

The implementation of the agreement that ended hostilities has stalled, and attention has largely shifted elsewhere as a result of the war in Iran.

Nickolay Mladenov, Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, celebrated the decision. ""It ⁠is ​a critical part of the agreed framework for stabilizing Gaza, ​supporting demilitarization, and enabling the transition to effective Palestinian transitional administration," he said in a social media post.

Hamas announced earlier this month that it would dissolve its government in Gaza and was ready to give the power to a technocratic committee meant to lead under the agreement backed by the Board of Peace.

However, the announcement, made by head of the government media office Ismail al-Thwabta, did not make any mention of disarmament, which is a key part of the second phase of the agreement.

CNN noted back then that any lack of mention about the willingness to disarm does little to change the reality on the ground, considering that Hamas maintains a security hold in the part of Gaza that is not controlled by Israel.

Elsewhere in the statement, al-Thwabta said the group made "all administrative and legal preparations and arrangements" to hand over control of the government. However, it noted that its members would be considered state employees.

However, a recent report from Israeli public broadcaster Kan said Hamas is actually rearming in Gaza and preparing for war.

The unsourced report claimed that the group has been reportedly recruiting new members and producing hundreds of explosive devices and anti-tank missiles every month. It has also resumed training for members of its elite force, Nukhba, and rebuilding underground infrastructure that was destroyed by the IDF over the war.

"Nobody is threatening it, and the organization is unwilling to give up control of Gaza," officers said in their warning to IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.