US EditionUS Commander Confronts Israel Over Surveillance at Gaza Base
Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank confronted Israeli officials over alleged recording at the U.S.-run Civil-Military Coordination Center amid fears of intelligence exploitation.
- On Monday, The Guardian reported Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank summoned an Israeli liaison at the American-run Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat and told him `recording has to stop here`.
- Staffers and visitors reported Israeli personnel recording conversations inside the CMCC, and some were warned to avoid sharing sensitive information fearing exploitation, The Guardian said on Monday.
- The IDF said it documents meetings with American consent and called the claim absurd, while the U.S. military declined to comment on the alleged monitoring, The Guardian reported.
- Aid workers face a catch-22 of cooperating with the U.S.-led CMCC but fearing information reaching Israeli hands, while an American official emphasized the Israel Defence Forces retain final say over Gaza's aid flow.
- The CMCC was set up in October to oversee the ceasefire, implement President Donald Trump's 20-point proposal, and exclude Palestinians, while its role may be shrinking as dozens of U.S. personnel have returned.
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Since mid-October, some 200 U.S. military personnel have been working out of a sprawling warehouse in southern Israel, around 20 kilometers from the northern tip of the Gaza Strip. The Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) was ostensibly set up to facilitate the implementation of President Donald Trump’s 20-point “peace plan” — whose stated aims are to “disarm Hamas,” “rebuild Gaza,” and lay the groundwork for “Palestinian self-determination…
The Gateway - Media outlets have reported that Israel continues to conduct extensive surveillance operations of US forces and their allies stationed at the US Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, which includes representatives from Britain and the UAE, as well as foreign and Arab specialists, and relief organizations...
Source of international press claims that the Israeli army has monitored and recorded American military and allies' discussions in the joint coordination centre dedicated to planning assistance for Gaza. In parallel, CMCC operates without any Palestinian participation, and discussions on the future of the territory are held exclusively between the US, Israel and their partners.
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