“This is historic. Nothing of this complexity, scope, or magnitude has happened before,” Capt. Tim Hawkins, public affairs director and official spokesperson for the US Army’s Central Command (CENTCOM), told The Jerusalem Report. Calling it a “historic opportunity for Gaza’s stabilization and progress toward lasting peace,” he said that “the CMCC’s establishment in support of the president’s Gaza peace plan is unprecedented.”
The CMCC was created in mid-October to oversee and support early implementation of President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for stabilizing and rehabilitating Gaza. According to US officials, the center’s mandate is coordination: facilitating aid flows, supporting ceasefire monitoring, and building the logistical backbone for reconstruction. It does not place US troops inside Gaza but brings together dozens of international partners.
Its very establishment reflects an extraordinary level of cooperation. US officers lead the operation, joined by IDF personnel and representatives from more than 20 countries, along with international civil society groups. According to those running the operation, nothing like this has ever been done before, and certainly not in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which might be a good omen for the decades-old intractable dispute. (Read More)
