U.S. plans to construct $500M military base near Gaza border amid escalating tensions The U.S. plans to construct a large military facility near Gaza to house thousands of troops, signaling a major shift in Washington’s involvement and potentially reducing Israel’s control over the enclave. The base will serve as headquarters for a multinational coalition (including Egypt and Qatar) tasked with securing Gaza’s borders, preventing weapons smuggling and overseeing ceasefire enforcement amid Israel’s aid restrictions. The Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) has already supplanted Israel’s COGAT as the primary humanitarian operations hub, yet aid deliveries remain critically low (only 28 percent of promised trucks…

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