According to the Washington Post report, the transition was completed on Friday. From now on, as a US official said, the Israelis are an interlocutor, but decisions will be made by the broader body. The change marks the transfer of responsibilities from the COGAT unit of the Israeli Armed Forces, which until now had responsibility for controlling and facilitating aid to Gaza, to the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) that has been established near the Gaza border.

CMCC takes the initiative

According to people familiar with the process, the change relegates Israel to a secondary role in deciding how and what kind of humanitarian aid will enter Gaza, as the CMCC takes the lead. Since the ceasefire began last month, the flow of aid has improved, but remains significantly restricted due to Israeli controls.

More than 40 countries and organizations participate in the US center. One of the benefits of working with everyone is that you can separate reality from disinformation and have a clearer picture of what is happening on the ground, where the needs are, said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command.

Only two aid entry points have opened.

To date, the Israeli Armed Forces have opened only two entry points for aid into Gaza, with the vast majority of shipments passing through Kerem Shalom in the south. No direct shipments have been made to northern Gaza since early September. According to the United Nations, many of the trucks allowed to enter are carrying goods for sale in Gaza's bazaars, which few people have the means to buy.

The crossing point between Jordan and Israel, at the Allenby Bridge, where large quantities of humanitarian aid are waiting, has remained closed for most of the year. At the same time, most international organizations have been blocked for months from sending food to Gaza, as Israel imposed new, onerous registration conditions, which the organizations refused to sign.

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Humanitarian organizations have complained for years that Israel imposes excessive restrictions on items it believes could be weaponized, such as tent poles, medical scalpels and even ointments for skin infections. Israel is blocking the humanitarian terms of the Trump plan, said Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, expressing hope that the CMCC’s takeover will change the situation. For us, the fact that the United States is actively involved is a positive development, he added.

Although Trump’s peace plan foresees a huge increase in humanitarian aid, Washington has not yet clarified which of the Israeli restrictions will be lifted, how the CMCC intends to manage such a massive program, or whether the new rules will be acceptable to organizations that fear any form of military control. We call for the plan to become a reality, Egeland stressed.

American surveillance in Gaza

Trump has admitted that he pressured Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the peace deal, but it remains uncertain how far he is willing to go to ensure that Israel complies with all points of his plan.

As part of the implementation, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has enhanced surveillance of Gaza, using drones to monitor both aid distribution and adherence to the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Last week, CENTCOM released drone footage it said showed Hamas members looting a truck carrying humanitarian aid in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. A U.S. official said the release of the footage was part of an effort to pressure Hamas, which has resurfaced in areas from which the Israeli military has withdrawn. He was one of at least a dozen people who spoke on condition of anonymity about the CMCC’s operations, describing a situation fraught with challenges and uncertainties.

We have our own surveillance equipment.

Despite the ceasefire, Israel reserves the right to react to what it considers a threat to its security, periodically carrying out bombardments in Gaza and opening fire on civilians approaching controlled zones.

As long as CENTCOM remains active there, we will see more and more American assets and operations under US military command, a humanitarian worker stressed. The announcement of drone flights, he added, was a message that we are not relying on IDF intelligence or drones, as we have our own surveillance assets.

Alongside monitoring Hamas, continued American pressure on Israel is considered critical to the progress of the peace plan and to maintaining support from European, Middle Eastern governments and humanitarian organizations, whose participation is considered absolutely essential.

The reaction of Israel and the Arab states

The presence of Americans operating in Gaza is something new, said Yossi Cooperwasser, a former major general in the Israeli Armed Forces and director general of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs. But, in my opinion, the rules for sharing information remain the same. Whatever is valuable to Israel is shared, he added.

Donald Trump, who claims that Gaza is now moving towards a peaceful and prosperous future, believes that the US's one and only strategic mission is to keep an eye on Netanyahu so that the region does not return to violence, a source close to the White House said.

In the weeks since the ceasefire, the Trump administration has sent a series of high-ranking officials to visit both the Coordination Center and Netanyahu's office: Vice President J. D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

However, several regional leaders, including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is expected to visit the White House in mid-November, are demanding clear guarantees that the war is over and that Israel will cede control of Gaza.

On Monday, Trump will also welcome Syrian President Ahmed al-Sarrah to the White House, hoping to broaden US-Syrian security relations as part of the new security architecture he seeks to build in the Middle East.

Presence of 200 American soldiers

Led by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and Lieutenant General Patrick Frank, the Civilian-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) is staffed by about 200 American soldiers and is based in a three-story building in the city of Kiryat Gat, about 40 miles southwest of Jerusalem and 19 miles northeast of Gaza. Steven Feagin, a veteran diplomat and former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, has been named head of the political arm.

The Americans operate on one floor of the building, equipped with high-precision surveillance technologies, while another floor houses Israeli military, intelligence and political officials. A third floor houses representatives from dozens of partner countries, NGOs, international organizations and private sector entities, said Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM. Among the countries officially participating are France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The challenge of disarming Hamas

The resurgence of Hamas and other armed groups in areas of Gaza from which the Israeli military has withdrawn is making its disarmament – a central goal of the agreement – increasingly difficult. Hamas has said it will hand over its weapons only to Palestinians, not to an international force.

It is recalled that Trump's agreement provides for the creation of an International Stabilization Force (ISF) with the participation of troops from Arab and other states, which will train and supervise a new Palestinian police force.