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Tents housing displaced Palestinian families are seen in the central Gaza Strip's Bureij refugee camp on May 1, 2026. (Eyad Baba / AFP)
May 7, 2026, 12:26 pm
Israel says it coordinated delivery of rat pesticides to Gaza to counter infestation
Hundreds of cartons of specialized poisons, 20 tons of pesticide reported delivered in conjunction with US-led Coordination Center, as warm weather and tent city sewage attract rodents
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Personnel work at the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC), a command centre in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat, on November 19, 2025. (Ahikam Seri / AFP)
May 2, 2026, 12:21 am
Board of Peace denies plans to shut down ceasefire coordination HQ in Israel’s south
A Reuters report claims the center is to be folded into the as-yet unformed International Stabilization Force as ceasefire frays and Hamas disarmament stalls
By Jacob Magid and Reuters
Personnel work at the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, on November 19, 2025. (Ahikam Seri / AFP)
April 10, 2026, 6:26 pm
‘Anti-Israel obsession’: Israel boots Spanish representatives from Gaza ceasefire HQ
FM Sa’ar: Spain has ‘lost any ability to serve as a useful actor’ at CMCC; Netanyahu says he won’t allow countries to ‘wage a diplomatic war’ without paying a price
By Lazar Berman
Personnel work at the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, on November 19, 2025. (Ahikam Seri / AFP)
January 20, 2026, 4:29 pm
Some European countries rethink participation at US-led Gaza coordination center
Diplomats describe base as ‘directionless’ and ‘a disaster,’ but say there’s no alternative; contradict Washington’s assertion of significant increase in aid entering Strip
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on August 6, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2026, 3:05 pm
Smotrich calls to shutter US-led Gaza coordination center, resettle Strip
Far-right finance minister declares it’s ‘either us or them’ as he makes the case to reverse the 2005 disengagement, impose military rule over the Strip’s 2.3 million residents
By Sam Sokol and Reuters
FILE: Former spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard attends the funeral of his wife Esther in Jerusalem, January 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 22, 2025, 1:06 pm
Former spy Jonathan Pollard: Israel sent a man to convince me to kill myself
In Army Radio interview, Pollard says Israeli agent told him: ‘Why don’t you just do the right thing and we’ll bring you home, give you a nice burial on Mount Herzl’
By ToI Staff
US army personnel and other officials monitor screens displaying imagery of the Gaza Strip during a media tour of a newly established joint command center operated by the US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, on November 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 18, 2025, 6:43 pm
After initial enthusiasm wanes, little progress made at Gaza truce coordination center
Humanitarian sources and diplomats say US capacity to pressure Israel on issues appears limited, while political matters are overlooked in favor of short-term practical moves
By AFP
A Palestinian woman carries a box of food from the World Food Program after collecting it in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, November 2, 2025. (AP/Jehad Alshrafi)
December 14, 2025, 12:40 am
Food security improving since Gaza truce, but challenges abound — top UN aid official
Humanitarian group deputy chief says IDF restrictions on dual-use items causing lack of winter shelter, urges Israel to increase entry of commercial goods to revive Gaza’s private sector
By Jacob Magid
Officers and civilians from the US, Israel and around 20 other countries work at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, November 19, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
December 8, 2025, 4:30 pm
US said to complain of Israeli surveillance at Gaza coordination hub; IDF: ‘Absurd’ claim
Guardian report says US base chief summoned counterpart to demand end to practice of recording meetings at Kiryat Gat command center; Israel denies talks are classified
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his aircraft before his departure from King Hussein International Airport in Jordan's southern Red Sea coastal city of Aqaba, Jordan, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
December 5, 2025, 3:27 pm
The day after that never came: How time ran out on Blinken’s plan for postwar Gaza
Top Biden diplomat’s proposal sought to end the war while reviving the Saudi normalization talks derailed on Oct. 7. But he couldn’t get it finalized, and Trump now faces many of the same obstacles
By Jacob Magid
Turkish charities, in partnership with Khan Yunis municipal bulldozers, remove the rubble from Palestinian homes and streets in the northern area of ​​Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas on October 23, 2025 (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)
November 27, 2025, 2:23 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 27: Day 783 – US mulls Muslim Brotherhood sanctions, excludes allies Turkey, Qatar
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Trump’s executive order examining the Islamist group in some Arab countries, GHF closing shop, start of construction in Gaza, and Huckabee-Pollard meeting
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
A man carries a cardboard box bearing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) logo and loaded with pieces of wood, as he walks near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
November 24, 2025, 7:59 pm
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation announces end of operations in Strip after 5 months
Head of controversial aid distributor says group aimed to produce new approach for handing out aid, claims ceasefire oversight mechanism to adopt model
By Jacob Magid
Islamic Jihad gunmen search for the bodies of hostages north of Nuseirat, Gaza Strip November 21, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 23, 2025, 2:15 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 23: Day 779 – Hamas wants the ceasefire, but doesn’t want to disarm
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses terrorist officials’ visit to Cairo and his own visit to the US CMCC center in Kiryat Gat, and what Netanyahu said in his most recent interview
By Jessica Steinberg and Lazar Berman
Officers and civilians from the US, Israel and around 20 other countries work at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, November 19, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
November 23, 2025, 6:16 am
As US dives into remaking Gaza, shades of nation-building come into focus
US president pledged to steer clear of projects like George W. Bush’s Iraq and Afghanistan commitments, yet his Gaza plan is increasingly starting to resemble those misadventures
By Lazar Berman
Officers and civilians from the US, Israel and around 20 other countries work at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel, November 19, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
November 20, 2025, 1:55 am
Optimism abounds at Gaza coordination center, but violence puts truce at risk
Officers and civilians from 20 nations work to push ceasefire to second phase, while another Hamas attack on IDF troops in Strip leads to a major Israeli response
By Lazar Berman
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