The US base being built in Gaza will guarantee Trump's takeover of the enclave.
Reuters: 06/15/2026
GAZA, June 15 — The U.S. military has begun construction of a “huge base” in the Gaza Strip to implement President Donald Trump’s plan to “take control” of the Strip, Israel Hayom reported on June 13.
The US base, which is being built near the Israeli military base in the settlement of Reim, will serve as a military and civilian headquarters for organizations and forces arriving in the area to implement Trump's plan.
In February 2025, Trump proposed that the United States "take control" of the Gaza Strip, The Cradle noted, echoing the information.
The plan envisioned the forced displacement of approximately two million Palestinians to neighboring territories and the reconversion of the territory into a high-tech business and tourism center that, according to Trump, would become the "Riviera of the Middle East".
"The United States will take control of the Gaza Strip, and we will do our job with it," President Donald J. Trump said on February 5, 2025.
The new base will replace the US facilities in the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, established under the direction of the Trump Peace Board following the October 2025 ceasefire. Representatives from more than 24 countries comprised the multinational headquarters that was supposedly tasked with monitoring the ceasefire and the entry of humanitarian aid.
However, Israel has continued to severely restrict the entry of aid into Gaza, recently suspending all shipments.
After the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran on February 28, the vast majority of the staff left Kiryat Gat.
Israel Hayom noted that plans for the new US base include the construction of a tower for command and control of forces on the ground. The US military has already begun soliciting bids from private contractors, including for the supply of mobile structures to house personnel and serve as headquarters until permanent buildings are established on site.
The new base will also house ISF troops if they are formed. Five countries have previously agreed to send forces to Gaza: Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, and Albania. Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Azerbaijan have expressed their willingness to participate but have not made a firm commitment.
Currently, no country is willing to send troops for fear that its forces will be tasked with disarming the Palestinian resistance, as well as due to concerns about the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran.
According to an analysis by Irangeopolitical, the construction of the new US base is being fully coordinated with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Military officials anticipate that the base will be built and staffed within a few months.
Israel persists in demanding Hamas's disarmament before moving forward with a ceasefire, while simultaneously continuing to murder Palestinians in Gaza with impunity and expanding its occupation instead of withdrawing from the territory seized during this genocide.
Overnight, the Israeli army issued forced evacuation orders for several areas of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, including schools, a rehabilitation center, the municipal building, and the area where the camp's wells and main source of drinking water are located, Drop Site News said on June 12.
Israel has killed nearly 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza and has extended its control of the Strip from 50% to at least 60% since the ceasefire.
A security source told Israel Hayom that "the likelihood of renewed fighting in the Gaza Strip is greater than the possibility of Hamas being disarmed through a diplomatic agreement."
Reports indicate that "demilitarizing Gaza became a more important goal than stopping the Israeli genocide; such is the absurd truth," wrote author Ramona Wadi.
"While colonial expansion as the cause of the Israeli genocide in Gaza, a fact that is completely obvious to everyone, is never debated in the international community, the Peace Board promotes it and creates the conditions that justify colonialism instead of preventing it, using an extended version of the same discourse that Israel used to destroy Gaza," Wadi added.
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