US troops begin arriving in Israel to oversee Gaza ceasefire

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, left, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meet at the IDF's headquarters in Tel Aviv, in a photo cleared for publication September 6, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, left, and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meet at the IDF's headquarters in Tel Aviv, in a photo cleared for publication September 6, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

US troops begin arriving in Israel overnight as part of a force that will help oversee the Gaza ceasefire, ABC News reports.

The report, citing two officials, says that the 200-strong team will arrive over the weekend, flying in from the US and other bases across the Middle East.

Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of the US military’s Central Command, arrived in Israel yesterday.

Officials have said that US personnel were intended to help create a joint control center and then integrate all the other security forces that will be going into Gaza and help liaise with the IDF.

Egyptian, Qatari, Turkish and probably Emirati military officials will be embedded in the team, likely based out of Egypt. Officials have said no US troops are intended to go into Gaza.

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