The commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday he traveled to Gaza to talk about post-war stabilization and emphasized that American forces will not be deployed to the Palestinian territory.
Admiral Brad Cooper wrote on X that he just returned from a trip to Gaza to discuss creation of a CENTCOM-led "civil-military coordination center" which will "support conflict stabilization."
An initial deployment of 200 U.S. troops has begun arriving in Israel to help monitor the cease-fire in Gaza between Hamas and Israel under President Donald Trump's peace plan.
The U.S. military will coordinate a multinational taskforce which will deploy in Gaza and is likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates.
Cooper was appointed in early August to lead CENTCOM, the U.S. military command responsible for the Middle East.
