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Saturday, October 11, 2025
Witkoff and CENTCOM chief visit base in Gaza, reportedly to confirm IDF pullout
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US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper visited an Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip today, Fox News reports.
The two American officials were joined by IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, who is blurred in the image published by Fox.
Fox reports that the visit was to confirm that the agreed-upon withdrawal as part of the deal with Hamas was complete.
EXCLUSIVE: US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff accompanied by CENTCOM commander Admiral Bradley Copper visited Israeli troops inside base in Gaza to confirm agreed upon withdrawal was complete. Fox News obtained this exclusive photo of the visit. Both have returned to Israel. pic.twitter.com/vUWFQeZxKi
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) October 11, 2025
Confirming the visit, Cooper in a statement says he “just returned from a visit inside Gaza to inform how we are moving forward to establish a CENTCOM-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) that will synchronize activities to support post-conflict stabilization.”
“America’s sons and daughters in uniform are answering the call to deliver peace in the Middle East in support of the Commander in Chief’s direction in this historic moment,” he says.
“This great effort will be achieved with no US boots on the ground in Gaza,” Cooper adds.
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