US planning military base in Gaza for stabilisation force

The report on the new base comes amid the inaugural meeting of Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ [Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images]

The Trump administration is set to build a military base in Gaza to house part of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) that will be deployed as part of the ceasefire deal reached last October.

The base, which will cover an area of 350 acres and house 5,000 personnel, will be 1,400 meters by 1,100 meters and protected by 26 trailer-mounted armoured watchtowers, according to documents seen by The Guardian.

It will be located in southern Gaza and be encircled by barbed wire.

A small group of bidders have been on a visit to the site, according to a…

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