Source: Reuters
“Israel won’t accept the presence of Turkish armed forces in Gaza under a U.S. plan to end war in the Palestinian territory for good, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan includes an international force in Gaza to help secure a fragile ceasefire which began this month, halting two years of war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. But it remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops to the international force. ‘Countries that want or are ready to send armed forces should be at least fair to Israel,’ Saar said at a news conference in Budapest. Once warm Turkish-Israeli relations soured drastically during the Gaza war, with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lambasting Israel’s devastating air and ground campaign in the small Palestinian enclave.” (10/27/25)