US troops begin arriving in Israel to oversee ceasefire implementation in Gaza

Published connected 11/10/2025 - 16:25 GMT+2 •Updated 18:23

US troops person started to get successful Israel to oversee nan implementation of nan ceasefire statement betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Gaza.

US officials said 200 troops will beryllium connected nan crushed to group up a coordination centre aimed astatine facilitating nan travel of humanitarian aid, arsenic good arsenic logistical and information assistance.

US typical envoy Steve Witkoff visited Gaza connected Saturday alongside nan caput of nan US military's Central Command Brad Cooper to corroborate nan first shape of withdrawal by IDF troops.

“This awesome effort will beryllium achieved pinch nary US boots connected nan crushed successful Gaza,” Cooper said successful a statement, noting that his bid would lead nan centre.

Under nan truce deal, nan remaining 48 hostages held by Hamas successful Gaza are group to beryllium freed by Monday. The authorities believes astir 20 of nan hostages stay alive. In exchange, Israel will merchandise astir 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

As nan ceasefire held overnight, Palestinians faced nan grade of nan demolition brough by Israel bombings complete nan people of 2 years of war.

Officials successful Gaza said that complete 5,000 nationalist operations person been conducted since nan ceasefire came into effect. This includes efforts to reconstruct h2o and sewage infrastructure, aesculapian operations and alleviation missions.

It added that astir 700 humanitarian missions were carried retired to administer nutrient to Gaza's displaced population.

The World Food Programme said Saturday it was fresh to reconstruct 145 nutrient distribution points crossed nan famine-stricken strip, erstwhile Israel allows for expanded deliveries. Before Israel sealed disconnected Gaza successful March, UN agencies provided nutrient astatine 400 distribution points.

The United Nations said it had been fixed nan greenish ray by Israel to standard up assistance deliveries starting Sunday.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians continued to make their measurement done nan dust-shrouded streets to return to their homes successful nan North. Gaza's civilian defence agency said 500,000 group person arrived successful Gaza metropolis since nan truce began.

“When group get there, they’re going to find rubble. They’ll find that their homes and their neighbourhoods person been reduced to dust,” UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram said from cardinal Gaza.

“A ceasefire unsocial is not enough,” Ingram added, and called for a “surge of humanitarian assistance that originates to reside nan tremendous harm that has been done complete nan past 2 years.”

The decease toll successful Gaza is besides expected to proceed to emergence arsenic much bodies that couldn't beryllium retrieved during Israel's violative are found.

A head astatine bluish Gaza’s Shifa Hospital said that 45 bodies pulled from nan rubble successful Gaza City had arrived complete nan past 24 hours. The manager, speaking connected information of anonymity for information reasons, said nan bodies had been missing for respective days to 2 weeks.

US President Donald Trump is expected to recreation to nan Middle East to participate successful a signing ceremonial of nan Gaza bid woody successful Egypt, perchance marking nan extremity of nan two-year bloody Israel-Hamas war.