US Shuts Gaza Civil-Military Coordination Center

The United States is shutting down its military-run Civil-Military Coordination Center near Gaza, a facility established to monitor a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and facilitate aid deliveries to Palestinians, according to diplomats and officials familiar with the matter.

Located in a warehouse in southern Israel, the center's responsibilities will transfer to the U.S.-commanded International Stabilization Force, or ISF, led by Major General Jasper Jeffers. U.S. officials have described the change as an overhaul, though diplomats said it amounts to closing the center, with the number of American troops dropping from around 190 to 40 and being replaced by civilian staff from other countries. The facility is expected to be rebranded as the International Gaza Support Centre once the transition occurs.

The move comes amid ongoing challenges to the October 2025 ceasefire, which followed two years of intense fighting that began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. That war devastated Gaza, displacing nearly its entire population of two million and destroying infrastructure for water, sanitation and electricity. More than 800 Palestinians and four...