US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has denied a report that the US will be shutting down the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), tasked with facilitating the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and monitoring the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

“Any claim that the CMCC is closing is wrong. The CMCC is advancing its efforts every day to continue delivering aid at a level unprecedented in modern history,” tweeted the official X account of the Board of Peace, a US-led international body responsible for overseeing the postwar management of Gaza.

Earlier Friday, Reuters quoted seven unnamed sources familiar with the matter who claimed that the Trump administration will be shutting down the CMCC, which is based in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat.

According to two sources quoted by Reuters, the CMCC will be folded into the planned International Stabilization Force (ISF). Subsequently, the CMCC is to be rebranded as the International Gaza Support Center and will be led by Major General Jasper Jeffers, the White House-appointed ISF commander.

The ISF was a key element in the 20-point plan announced by the White House on September 29 of last year, which led to the ceasefire as well as the return of all Israeli hostages to Israel.

According to the plan, the ISF is meant to gradually supplant IDF forces in areas the latter currently controls in Gaza, and to train and support a Palestinian police force that will provide long-term security to the Strip.

Any claim that the CMCC is closing is wrong. The CMCC is advancing its efforts every day to continue delivering aid at a level unprecedented in modern history: – Food aid is reaching 3x more people than before-Aid........

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