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Germany will deploy three military personnel to assist in monitoring the Gaza ceasefire through a US-led coordination centre in Israel, the Defence Ministry has announced.
“The German government supports the 20-point plan and the peace process for Gaza by helping to stabilise the ceasefire and implement the agreed measures,” the ministry said in a statement.
In the first phase, two staff officers and a brigadier general from the Bundeswehr’s Operational Command will be dispatched next week. They will serve in uniform but unarmed at the Civil Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) in southern Israel.
The US-led CMCC is responsible for overseeing the ceasefire, clearing war debris, and coordinating humanitarian aid. It will also manage the integration, training, and logistics of the planned multinational peacekeeping force.
The ministry stated that the CMCC, currently led by a US three-star general, already has around 200 American troops on the ground. As no combat involvement is expected, the deployment does not require parliamentary approval.
The move follows Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s pledge to provide political, financial, and technical support for the ceasefire plan while refraining from deploying combat troops.
World powers and regional actors endorsed US President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza peace plan at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh last week.
The plan’s first stage involved the release of 20 Israeli captives and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, along with
Israel’s troop withdrawal from populated areas and resumed humanitarian deliveries.
Later phases include demilitarising Hamas, forming a temporary technocratic administration, and establishing an international force to secure borders.
Over the past two years, Israel’s war has killed nearly 68,000 Palestinians — mostly women and children — and wounded almost 170,000, according to local authorities.
A recent UN inquiry concluded that Israel’s actions amount to genocide and that its blockade has triggered famine conditions in Gaza.
