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Friday, May 1, 2026
Board of Peace denies reported plans to shut down ceasefire coordination HQ in southern Israel
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The Board of Peace denies a report claiming the US will be shutting down the Civil-Military Coordination Center tasked with facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“Any claim that the CMCC is closing is wrong. The CMCC is advancing its efforts every day to continue delivering aid at a level unprecedented in modern history,” tweets the US-led international body tasked with overseeing the postwar management of Gaza.
Earlier Friday, Reuters published a report citing several unnamed sources familiar with the matter who told the outlet that the Trump administration will be shutting down the CMCC, which is based in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat.
The sources said the CMCC will be folded into the International Stabilization Force that is tasked with phasing the IDF out of Gaza but has yet to be deployed. Once folded into the ISF, the CMCC will be rebranded as the International Gaza Support Center, the sources told Reuters.
Any claim that the CMCC is closing is wrong. The CMCC is advancing its efforts every day to continue delivering aid at a level unprecedented in modern history:
– Food aid is reaching 3x more people than before
-Aid diversion has dwindled from 90% to less than 1%
– According to… https://t.co/pseqAUc9bn— Board of Peace (@BoardOfPeace) May 1, 2026
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