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Turkey Weighs Sending Observers and Engineers to Proposed Gaza Stabilization Force

Ankara says it will decide once terms are set, signaling a possible announcement this week.

Overview

  • Pro-government outlet Turkiye reports Ankara is considering dispatching military observers, search-and-rescue teams, and engineer-sapper units rather than frontline security forces.
  • Turkey’s presidential administration told RIA Novosti it will announce its position when details are concrete, with Turkish media suggesting first outcomes could emerge this week.
  • U.S. officials are holding closed-door talks to assemble an International Stabilisation Force and plan to present a proposal in the coming weeks, according to Axios.
  • Draft concepts envision deployments along Gaza’s borders with Egypt and Israel, with security roles more likely filled by contingents from Egypt, Pakistan, and Azerbaijan.
  • At a Istanbul meeting of foreign ministers from Turkey, the UAE, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan, Turkish FM Hakan Fidan said contacts on the force’s tasks and composition are ongoing.