Baton Rouge Firm Awarded Contract Under Trump’s Gaza Reconstruction Initiative
The provisional deal would build a 150-troop outpost with tents, cots and sanitation as part of a planned international force.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump's Board of Peace awarded a provisional construction contract to Louisiana-based Arkel International to build a rudimentary military outpost in Gaza for 150 Moroccan troops.
- This project reflects a significant reduction from the Board's original "master plan" unveiled in January, which envisioned rebuilding the entire territory and constructing a 5,000-person military base for the ISF.
- Located 1.6km from the Israeli border within an Israeli-controlled section of Gaza, the 100 by 120 meter facility will include "vehicle fighting positions" and a "quick extraction route" for rotating Moroccan troops.
- Although the Board remains in final stages of preparing several contract awards, the legal framework for the ISF remains unfinalized, leaving deployment timing for Moroccan troops unclear.
- The pilot project emerges as 2 million residents face ongoing displacement in Gaza, while Israel continues opposing the Board's reconstruction efforts despite Trump's recent claims that Hamas agreed to disarm.
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The currently planned base is only 100 meters x 120 meters and will serve to accommodate a contingent of Moroccan troops.
The first contract for Gaza will finance a military base for 150 people that will house Moroccan troops within 60 per cent of the Gazan territory occupied by the Israeli army.
The Gaza Strip plans to deploy peacekeepers from MoroccoTrump's Peace Council has signed a contract with Arkel International for the construction of a military base in Gaza. Initially, they will be placed there until 150 Moroccan troops, and later the base can be expanded to 4 thousand.
Baton Rouge firm awarded contract under Trump’s Gaza reconstruction initiative
Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, established in January to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, has reportedly issued its first construction contract with Arkel International, The Guardian reports. The contract has been provisionally awarded to the Louisiana-based firm to build a rudimentary military outpost capable of housing 150 Moroccan troops as part of a proposed international stabilization force, or ISF. According to Board of Peace officials…
The Peace Board, created by US President Donald Trump to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, has awarded its first construction contract in the Palestinian territory. The project envisages the construction of a temporary military base for 150 members, where Moroccan soldiers will be stationed. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the contract has not yet been finally confirmed, but has been awarded to the American company Arkel Inter…
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