The Desperate Search for Gaza Peacekeepers: Most of the world seems very eager to avoid joining the territory’s international stabilization force.

Foreign Policy ^ | 11/20/2025 | Anchal Vohra, Posted on by SeekAndFind About 20 miles from Gaza, the United States has taken over a large and long-vacated industrial complex, where it has set up a civil-military coordination center. At any given time, approximately 200 American soldiers and officials are milling about in the facility in Kiryat Gat, a town in southern Israel. They are the United States’ eyes and ears, monitoring the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. It’s clear that they are not meant to be deployed as a combat team to enforce the next stages of the Trump administration’s peace plan. But neither is anyone else. None of the United States’ allies or Arab partners have signaled any willingness to send troops to police Hamas if it refuses to disarm. The international stabilization force (ISF) that has been envisaged to sufficiently assuage Israeli concerns and enable the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to leave Gaza, as well as to keep the peace that paves the way for Gaza’s reconstruction, faces daunting challenges ahead. Who is willing to commit troops, and who will Israel accept? Who will fight Hamas, and who might try to preserve Hamas? The first obstacle to deploying such a force is the presence of Hamas itself, since no one wants to fight the group. If Hamas refuses to disarm, as appears to be the case, then it’s unlikely that any states-Western or Arab-will want to send troops to Gaza. Since the cease-fire was struck, armed Hamas fighters have condemned civilians as “collaborators” and publicly executed them at point-blank range. According to some media, Hamas has appointed five new governors in various districts of the Gaza Strip and started a war with influential clans in Gaza to assert dominance. Hamas has also mobilized thousands of fighters, at least 7, 000 on the first day of the latest cease-fire, (Excerpt) Read more at foreignpolicy. com . TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Gaza; Hamas; News/Current Events KEYWORDS: gaza; peacekeeping Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. 1 posted on by SeekAndFind Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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