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Rubio asked Ethiopia to contribute troops to ISF amid US recruitment struggles — diplomats
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
In this image made from video, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announces a failed coup as he addresses the public on television, June 23, 2019 (ETV via AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio asked Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali earlier this week to contribute troops to the fledgling International Security Force for Gaza, two Western diplomats familiar with the situation tell The Times of Israel.
US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan calls for an international force to oversee a transition period for reconstruction and economic recovery in the war-torn Palestinian territory, decimated by over two years of war.
Many countries are wary of the mission to demilitarize Gaza’s Hamas terror group, and Trump has had trouble filling the ranks of the force, even in the planning stages.
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