You have probably heard that President Donald Trump is expected to travel to Israel on October 12, 2025, to finalize a Gaza hostages-for-ceasefire deal. This visit follows the announcement of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, which Trump described as a “great day for Israel and for the world”. Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s office confirmed that Trump will visit Jerusalem on Sunday, October 12, and has been invited to address the Knesset.

Note: The following information is from anonymous sources, and is not authorized for public release.

AP

U.S. Central Command is going to establish a “civil-military coordination center” in Israel that will help facilitate the flow of humanitarian aid as well as logistical and security assistance into the territory wracked by two years of war.

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The coordination center will be staffed by about 200 U.S. service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering, said the official, who noted that no American troops will be sent into Gaza.

A second official said the troops would be drawn from U.S. Central Command, which has troops stationed in the Middle East as well as other parts of the globe. That official added that the troops already have begun arriving and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and efforts to establish the center.

Two other senior U.S. officials who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations offered more details about forces from other countries and what U.S. troops would be doing.

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President Donald Trump, meanwhile, highlighted Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command, during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, saying he had worked alongside special envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

“Cooper — I hear he’s been fantastic,” Trump said.

Cooper joined the U.S. side of the talks in Egypt this week, according to one of the U.S. officials, and he helped reassure the Arab countries at the negotiating table that the U.S. would put a strong guarantee behind its commitments — a reassurance the Arab countries then passed along to Hamas.

In a show of readiness, Cooper told them he could have a command post up and running in the next two and a half weeks.