5Photo© hindustantimes.comUS sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support, monitor Gaza ceasefire deal
The White House on Friday clarified reports claiming that the United States was sending troops to Israel to oversee the peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Some news agencies, quoting unnamed officials, had said that around 200 US soldiers were being sent to Israel and that the US Central Command (CENTCOM) would set up a “civil-military coordination center” there. Fox News also reported that the troops would help support the peace agreement.
However, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly denied those claims, saying the reports were “not true” and “taken out of context.”
She explained that about 200 US personnel, who are already part of CENTCOM, will only help monitor the peace deal in coordination with other international forces already present in Israel.