US EditionEgypt trains hundreds of Palestinians for future Gaza police force
Egypt trains 5,000 Palestinian police officers from Gaza to form a post-war security force, funded by the Palestinian Authority, aiming for demilitarization and statehood protection.
- 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 trains hundreds of Palestinians for future Gaza police force
A Palestinian official said all members of the force will be from the Gaza Strip and paid by the Palestinian Authority, which is based in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Hundreds of Palestinians are trained as police officers by Egypt in order to integrate a law enforcement force into the Gaza Strip.
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