Speaking at an event at the US Institute for Peace hosted by Donald J. Trump, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita stated that Rabat is ready to deploy police personnel and provide training to the police force in Gaza, as well as send senior military officers to the ISF Command. In addition, Morocco will establish a field military hospital in Gaza and implement an anti-extremism program to prevent hateful ideologies and promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence.

With this announcement, Morocco, along with Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania, becomes the first country and territory to officially commit troops to the newly formed force.

The Commander of the ISF, US Army Major General Jasper Jeffers, also confirmed these commitments, and affirmed that Egypt and Jordan will also participate in training police forces for the ISF.

The countries contributing troops emphasized that their soldiers would only perform peacekeeping duties such as ensuring border security and providing humanitarian assistance, and would not participate in law enforcement activities or confront the Hamas Islamic movement or other armed groups. The ISF aims to have 20,000 soldiers, along with a new police force.

Meanwhile, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem affirmed on February 20th that the Islamic movement is ready to welcome international peacekeeping forces in the Gaza Strip but opposes any interference in the “internal affairs” of this Palestinian territory.

On the same day, The National reported that the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, announced that the Gulf nation has pledged $1.2 billion in aid to the Gaza Strip.

Earlier, at the first meeting of the Gaza Peace Council held in Washington on February 19, US President Donald Trump announced that the UAE, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and Kuwait had agreed to commit more than $7 billion to the Gaza relief package, while the US would contribute $10 billion. In addition to the $1.2 billion commitment from the UAE and $1 billion from Saudi Arabia, two other Gulf nations, Qatar and Kuwait, each pledged $1 billion to the Gaza Peace Council.