Five countries have already announced that they will provide troops for the international force in Gaza
Israeli soldiers patrol Israel's border with the Gaza Strip against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Gaza, September 30, 2025. Photo: Jack GUEZ / AFP / Profimedia
Five countries have already committed troops to the international security force to be deployed in the Gaza Strip, as part of the 20-point ceasefire agreement negotiated by the United States, the commander of the force announced on Thursday, at the first meeting of the Peace Council chaired by Donald Trump.
Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania have committed troops to participate in the International Stabilization Force (ISF), US Army Major General Jasper Jeffers said.
The training for the ISF and the Palestinian police forces will take place in Egypt and Jordan, he said, according to CNN and News.ro.
Jeffers did not provide details on the number of soldiers each country would send or when they would be deployed, but said the ISF would have a total of 20,000 soldiers who would work with 12,000 Palestinian police.
The plan calls for the ISF to be deployed in five different sectors of Gaza. In the short term, however, the force will be sent first to Rafah, in southern Gaza, where the first rebuilt neighborhood should be born.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Kuwait have donated more than $7 billion to aid Gaza, and that Indonesia, Morocco, Albania, Kosovo and Kazakhstan “sent troops and police to stabilize Gaza.”
Egypt and Jordan, he added, “are also providing very substantial aid, troops, training and support for a very reliable Palestinian police force.”
“Every dollar spent is an investment in stability and hope for a new and harmonious future – it's such an important, vibrant and incredible region,” Trump said in his speech at the inaugural Peace Council meeting in Washington, DC.
Trump did not immediately provide details on the number of troops or when they would be deployed, nor did he provide details on how the funds would be used.
Trump said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs was “raising $2 billion to support Gaza.”
Trump announced that the US, in turn, will provide $10 billion for the Peace Council, whose role will be, among other things, to “oversee” the UN.
He mentioned that Norway would host an event that would bring together the Peace Council and said once again that he regretted not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, before stating that he was more interested in saving lives.
Japan will also host a fundraising event for countries in the region, Trump said. He believes that China and Russia will also get involved in these efforts. Both countries have been invited to join the Peace Council, but have not yet responded to the invitation.
