US EditionEgypt trains hundreds of Palestinians for future Gaza police force
Egypt trains hundreds of Palestinian police in Cairo to form a post-war Gaza force with plans to expand to 10,000 officers, supporting border security and statehood goals.
- Egypt is training hundreds of Palestinian police officers in Cairo to form a post-war Gaza security force, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced a plan to train 5,000 officers during talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa.
- Responding to the October 2023 Hamas attack that killed 1,221 people, the broader plan includes an international force to secure borders and demilitarise Gaza while reaffirming the Palestine Liberation Organisation.
- A first cohort of more than 500 recruits experienced two-month courses in Cairo, receiving modern border-surveillance equipment training and focusing on the October 2023 attack's consequences.
- Israel's government has objected to any Gaza role for Hamas or the PA, while Hamas said disarmament requires a political process and supervision would fall to a committee of technocrats.
- Talks sponsored by Egypt in late 2024 envisaged a force of around 10,000 police officers, the European Union offered to train up to 3,000 officers, and a Hamas official questioned if Israel would accept precise force details while Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas coordinated with Egypt.
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Egypt has quietly begun training thousands of Palestinian security personnel earmarked for deployment in a post-Hamas Gaza Strip, according to senior Palestinian sources quoted by AFP and the London-based Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed. The program, which Israeli defense officials have been tracking closely for months, is already well underway. In March 2025, the first cohort of over 500 Palestinian recruits completed an Egyptian-run course that included p…
Hundreds of Palestinian police officers are undergoing training in Egypt. The aim is for them to become part of a multinational force to provide security in Gaza after the war. Children play near a tent camp near the Gaza city of Khan Younis. EPA / HAITHAM IMADE Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced that about 5,000 police officers would receive training there when he met with Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in…
Gaza: Palestinian police officers from Gaza are being trained in Egypt to participate in a force that is supposed to take over security tasks in the Strip after the war, as revealed by a Palestinian official. The Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abd Al-Atti announced in August a visit to the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing leading to the Strip with his Palestinian counterpart, Mohamed Mustafa, [...]
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