President Donald Trump's grand vision of a 20,000-strong international peacekeeping force to secure Gaza and permanently block the military resurgence of Hamas has hit a staggering roadblock.Insiders have revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the highly anticipated International Stabilization Force is currently struggling to assemble and deploy an initial group of just 10 to 20 troops.US military officials and people familiar with the plans say the ambitious blueprint is facing severe operational delays.Moroccan soldiers, who were originally scheduled to deploy this past June, have now seen their timeline pushed back by several months.When they finally arrive, these troops will not enter Gaza immediately.Instead, they are slated to train near the border inside Israel before beginning any limited operations within the war-torn Palestinian enclave.While the administration hopes additional international peacekeepers will join them at a later date, the grand plan to stabilize the region has, for now, been reduced to a handful of delayed personnel waiting at the border.Yet, even this agonizingly slow progress represents a rare, minuscule step forward in a peace process that has otherwise ground to a complete halt. President Donald Trump's grand vision of a 20,000-strong international peacekeeping force to secure Gaza and permanently block the military resurgence of Hamas has hit a staggering roadblock Insiders have revealed to the Wall Street Journal that the highly anticipated International Stabilization Force is currently struggling to assemble and deploy an initial group of just 10 to 20 troopsIt offers cold comfort to the 2.1 million Gazans still trapped amid the catastrophic ruins of a devastating two-year war.When his ambitious 20-point peace plan officially started in October, Trump called what he believed to be a new era, the 'historic dawn of a new Middle East.'He predicted a massive load of cash for various beach projects. It was a vision deeply intertwined with lucrative real estate dreams floated by his inner circle, most notably his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who famously eyed Gaza's prime 'waterfront property' as a golden opportunity for luxury hotel resorts.Trump himself has repeatedly doubled down on a grandiose scheme to turn the war-ravaged coastline into a glitzy Mediterranean 'Riviera.'Yet, while Trump's team envisioned bulldozing the ruins to make way for high-end tourist spots, the master plan has so far delivered nothing but a stalled, single-digit security force stuck at the border.Trump's grand blueprint - overseen by his own 'Board of Peace' - was meant to transition from a temporary truce to total Hamas disarmament and a peacekeeping takeover.Instead, it has completely unraveled. Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons, Israeli strikes have killed over 1,000 people post-ceasefire, and billions in promised rebuilding funds have vanished.With wider regional wars now raging in Iran and Lebanon, spooked nations have frozen their troop commitments, leaving the entire peace deal dead in the water. Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons, Israeli strikes have killed over 1,000 people post-ceasefire, and billions in promised rebuilding funds have vanished Hundreds of thousands are left with a grim choice for survival: sheltering inside the hazardous remains of hollowed-out buildings, or packed tightly into sprawling, rat-infested tent cities On the ground, Gaza is rapidly collapsing into an unlivable wastelandA shadow government waiting in Cairo claims it is ready to take the reins in Gaza as soon as stability returns, but its blueprint for peace hinges on a gamble. This administrative body, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, is already in the infancy of forming a brand-new police force tasked with stripping Hamas of its arsenal - a plan that relies entirely on the militants voluntarily surrendering their weapons.That prospect looks increasingly far-fetched following Hamas's latest political maneuver on Monday.While the group's governing body announced it would dissolve and hand administrative control over to the new technocratic council, it refused to disarm its heavily weaponized military wing.While some experts in the region cautiously interpret the announcement as a sign that Hamas might finally be ready to talk, skeptics have blasted the move as a hollow publicity stunt designed to mask the reality that the militant group still holds dominant power on the ground.On the ground, Gaza is rapidly collapsing into an unlivable wasteland.As Israel steadily expands its footprint across the enclave, the population is being compressed into ever-shrinking pockets of territory. Hundreds of thousands are left with a grim choice for survival: sheltering inside the hazardous remains of hollowed-out buildings, or packed tightly into sprawling, rat-infested tent cities.'The ceasefire last October offered a glimpse of hope, but it needs to translate into meaningful improvement in the lives of Palestinians in Gaza,' Pat Griffiths, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Jerusalem, told the Wall Street Journal.
Trump's 'new Middle East' in tatters
President Donald Trump's grand vision of a 20,000-strong international peacekeeping force to secure Gaza has hit a staggering roadblock.







