Israeli media reported that "the United States is putting heavy pressure on Cairo to deploy Egyptian forces in the Gaza Strip after the war in the area ends." A report from Israeli Channel 7 stated that Cairo is not enthusiastic about the American initiative calling for the stationing of Egyptian soldiers in Gaza. The Hebrew channel noted that senior officials from the U.S. administration recently visited Cairo and are exerting pressure on the Egyptian government to deploy a military force in the Gaza Strip as part of an agreement to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
A Egyptian official stated, according to the Israeli broadcasting authority "Kan 11," that Cairo is currently refusing to discuss the possibility of sending military forces to Gaza, insisting on achieving a ceasefire first and that there be an Israeli commitment to resolving the Palestinian issue. According to him, this is the basis for starting to discuss the topic in detail. In recent months, several Arab countries, led by Egypt, have presented a document of principles to the Americans for the day after the war, which also includes the possibility of deploying forces, but it has not been confirmed that this would be conditional on being part of a two-state solution, which includes the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
