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On 24 October, US Secretary of State [[Marco Rubio]] visited the headquarters. On the same day, the New York Times reported that the US military had begun operating surveillance drones over the Gaza Strip to monitor ground activity, with Israel’s consent.<ref>{{cite web | title=U.S. Flies Drones over Gaza to Monitor Cease-Fire, Officials Say | website=[[The New York Times]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/world/middleeast/us-gaza-ceasefire-drones.html }}</ref>

On 24 October, US Secretary of State [[Marco Rubio]] visited the headquarters. On the same day, the New York Times reported that the US military had begun operating surveillance drones over the Gaza Strip to monitor ground activity, with Israel’s consent.<ref>{{cite web | title=U.S. Flies Drones over Gaza to Monitor Cease-Fire, Officials Say | website=[[The New York Times]] | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/world/middleeast/us-gaza-ceasefire-drones.html }}</ref>

On 29 October, Israeli prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] officially visited the CMCC for the first time. He was accompanied by senior IDF officials including Major General [[Yaakov Dolf]], who will lead coordination between the IDF and the CMCC. Netanyahu reaffirmed his support for the CMCC’s joint mission while reiterating that disarming Hamas remained a priority.<ref>{{cite news|work=Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-872113|date=29 October 2025|access-date=31 October 2025|title=Israel will achieve disarming Hamas, demilitarizing Gaza, Netanyahu affirms during CMCC visit}}</ref>

==Personnel and contributing nations==

==Personnel and contributing nations==

Body established as part of the 2025 Gaza peace plan

The Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) is a body established in October 2025 as part of a peace agreement which aims to coordinate stabilization and relief efforts in the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Gaza War.

The Gaza war began in October 2023 following a series of coordinated armed attacks carried out by Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. Following earlier attempts at establishing a ceasefire, both Israel and Hamas accepted the first part of a peace plan devised by US president Donald Trump and former British prime minister Tony Blair which came into effect on 10 October 2025.

The CMCC is intended to serve as a main coordination hub for stabilization efforts in Gaza, monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and facilitating humanitarian aid.^[1] The multinational facility features an operations floor that allows staff to assess real-time developments in the Gaza Strip.^[2]

On 21 October 2025, Admiral Brad Cooper, described the CMCC as “critical to enabling the transition to civilian governance in Gaza” and said the CMCC would “integrate representatives from partner nations, non-governmental organizations, international institutions, and the private sector as they arrive to the coordination center” over the next two weeks.^[3][4]

The United States began setting up the Civil-Military Coordination Center immediately after the cessation of hostilities and partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip on 10 October 2025.

On 11 October 2025, Brad Cooper along with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner travelled into the Gaza Strip to verify Israel’s compliance with the first phase of the agreement.^[5]

On 21 October, US vice-president JD Vance visited the CMCC headquarters in Kiryat Gat, Israel.^[6][7]

On 24 October, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the headquarters. On the same day, the New York Times reported that the US military had begun operating surveillance drones over the Gaza Strip to monitor ground activity, with Israel’s consent.^[8]

On 29 October, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu officially visited the CMCC for the first time. He was accompanied by senior IDF officials including Major General Yaakov Dolf, who will lead coordination between the IDF and the CMCC. Netanyahu reaffirmed his support for the CMCC’s joint mission while reiterating that disarming Hamas remained a priority.^[9]

The CMCC is under the commanded of Admiral Brad Cooper, Commander of the United States Central Command and under him Lieutenant General Patrick Frank and a British deputy commander with the rank of two stars. American diplomat Steven Fagin was named civilian lead of the CMCC on 24 October 2025.^[10]

Approximately 200 US troops specializing in logistics, engineering, security, travel are to help facilitate “the flow of humanitarian, logistical, and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza.” US forces are not intended to be deployed within the Gaza Strip itself.

At the request of the US, the United Kingdom deployed a small team of military planning officers to the CMCC, including a two-star deputy commander.^[11]

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Michael Eisenberg and brigadier general Yaki Dolf to serve as Israel’s representatives at the CMCC.^[12]

The center is expected to also include personnel from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. ^[13][14] Germany plans to deploy three military personnel to the CMCC including a brigadier general.^[15]
Additional countries have announced plans to post liaison officers at the CMCC including Jordan^[16] and Australia.^[17]

Humanitarian organizations operating at the center include the Red Cross.^[18]

As of 24 October 2024, the following countries have been confirmed to have posted personnel at the CMCC:^[19][20]