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Uganda approves sending troops for international force in Gaza

The mission would join a 20,000-strong multinational force proposed to secure Gaza after Israeli withdrawal, officials said.

  • Uganda's Parliament on Thursday approved deploying the Uganda People Defense Forces to Gaza as part of a proposed International Stabilization Force, marking Kampala's first public commitment to the multinational mission.
  • Ugandan Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka told lawmakers that President Donald Trump contacted President Yoweri Museveni in July seeking Kampala's contribution to the international force before the vote.
  • The 20,000-strong International Stabilization Force, proposed by the Board of Peace and led by Maj Gen Jasper Jeffers, aims to ensure "future prosperity and enduring peace" after two years of war.
  • Kiwanuka confirmed a status of forces agreement will be signed after the vote, though deployment timing remains unclear as the International Stabilization Force awaits a phased Israeli withdrawal.
  • The mission is tied to Trump's peace plan announced last week, which envisions Hamas disarming, Israeli forces withdrawing in phases, and the International Stabilization Force deploying to areas outside Israeli control.
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The proposal to deploy troops to Gaza was discussed in the Ugandan Parliament on Thursday, 6 August. Ugandan troops would be involved in the framework of the International Stabilization Force, provided for in the Hamas disarmament agreement concluded at the end of July, which would already include the participation of Morocco, Kosovo, Albania and Kazakhstan. Its deployment is part of an initiative of the Peace Council, a body created by Donald T…

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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i24NEWS broke the news in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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