A major overhaul is moving ahead at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, with changes discussed and advanced in a meeting this week. The center, which was set up in October 2025 to help preserve and advance the Gaza ceasefire, is expected to get a new name and a different mandate, as part of a broader restructuring that has been in development for the past two months.
The revamped body is expected to be called the International Gaza Support Center, or IGSC. Contrary to a Reuters report last month that the center would close and a new one would open, three diplomats familiar with the matter said the existing facility will instead be renamed and repurposed. The changes are meant to make the center more effective and operational, after criticism that it has had little impact and has focused mainly on humanitarian issues.
A key element of the overhaul is a bigger role for the international stabilization force, known as ISF, which is one of the central components of Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan. The force is meant to include troops from several countries and, under a UN decision, help demilitarize Gaza, secure border areas, support humanitarian activity, and enforce the ceasefire in coordination with Israel and Egypt. Greece, Morocco, Indonesia, Kosovo, Kazakhstan and Albania have already formally said they are willing to contribute troops.
An informed regional diplomat told N12 that Vietnam and Georgia may also join the ISF, with talks on the matter making progress. The same source said the number of representatives and countries taking part in the center’s discussions and procedures will be reduced, and that no major changes on the ground in Gaza are expected before elections. Another diplomat said the changes are supposed to be implemented in June, though they may slip slightly, and in any case are expected soon.
