The United Arab Emirates has signalled it is willing to send forces to a multinational “stabilisation” mission for Gaza after the Israel-Hamas war, becoming the first nation to say it could deploy boots on the ground in the strip.
The Gulf state said it could deploy its forces if the US provides a leadership role and supports steps towards a Palestinian state. The comments by Lana Nusseibeh, special envoy to the UAE foreign ministry, come as Arab states and the west struggle to devise a viable postwar plan for Gaza.
Nusseibeh told the Financial Times that Abu Dhabi had discussed the plans with the US as a step to fill the vacuum in besieged Gaza and address its massive humanitarian and reconstruction needs.
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