US to shut centre intended to monitor Gaza ceasefire as peace plans stall: Report

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The United States is closing its Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in Israel, reducing its military staff from approximately 190 to 40 personnel and transferring monitoring responsibilities to the International Stabilisation Force led by US Major General Jasper Jeffers, according to Reuters reporting on Friday. The closure signals waning US focus on Gaza oversight as ceasefire violations continue—over 800 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 agreement—and Arab and Muslim states reassess participation in the broader stabilisation mission amid US-Israeli military operations against Iran.

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Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 05/01/2026 - 20:27 Closure is unlikely to have a practical impact on the ground, as it has failed to prevent Israeli violations of the ceasefire Displaced Palestinian children carry pots of food collected from a charity to their families sheltering around the rubble of buildings destroyed by the Israeli military, in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on 1 May 2026 (Eyad Baba/AFP) Off The US is closing a military centre it established in Israel to mo

US to shut centre intended to monitor Gaza ceasefire as peace plans stall: Report

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