A recent investigation by the Guardian has revealed that the Israeli occupation forces are actively collecting data on US and key allied personnel stationed at CENTCOM’s Civil–Military Coordination Center (CMCC), the body tasked with administering the two-month-old, fragile ceasefire—a ceasefire plagued by daily Israeli violations and the ongoing killing of civilians. The CMCC is responsible for procuring and delivering humanitarian aid into besieged Gaza, where Palestinian citizens continue to face catastrophic famine, drought, and a near-total lack of safe, winter-ready shelter.
Persistent military assaults by the occupation have only worsened the crisis of aid delivery. “Israel” has unilaterally redrawn its operational boundaries with a so-called “yellow line,” an ever-expanding frontier that absorbs new civilian areas with each revision, granting fresh pretexts for massacres as Palestinian homes are suddenly reclassified within newly claimed zones. Israeli surveillance inside the CMCC—voice recordings, transcript copying, and extensive note-taking—became so intrusive that US commander Lt Gen Patrick Frank summoned his Israeli counterpart to insist that “recording has to stop here.”
Foreign staff and visitors have also raised concerns, with some urged to avoid sharing sensitive information for fear it could be intercepted and exploited by Israeli intelligence units embedded inside the facility. Although publicly presented as a joint effort between the US, UK, “Israel,” and the UAE, the CMCC has increasingly reflected the Zionist entity’s security priorities more than genuine cooperation.
Pressed for comment, the US military refused to address the surveillance, while the Israeli occupation forces dismissed Frank’s warning, claiming all internal conversations were unclassified and defending the recordings as routine “professional protocols.” The occupation military insisted that accusations of intelligence gathering on its partners were “absurd,” despite mounting complaints from within the center itself.
Meanwhile, “Israel” has repeatedly restricted or blocked shipments of food, medicine, and other essential goods. Its summer siege pushed Gaza’s entire population into famine, as documented by human rights organizations including Amnesty International. Although early US and Zionist entity media reports suggested Washington had assumed authority over what aid could enter, US officials now acknowledge that “Israel” maintains decisive control. “We didn’t take over [aid],” one US official said. “They remain the hand, and the CMCC has become the glove.”
US logistics teams—accustomed to disaster zones and hostile terrain—arrived intent on accelerating aid but quickly found Israeli restrictions, not infrastructure challenges, to be the main barrier. Within weeks, dozens resigned. Diplomats say CMCC negotiations have sometimes pressured “Israel” to remove certain items from its expansive “dual-use” prohibitions—such as tent poles or water-purification chemicals. The Dutch foreign minister, David van Weel, confirmed at least one such restriction was lifted. Yet many essential goods, including pencils and paper for Gaza’s shuttered schools, remain banned without explanation.
Despite claims of international cooperation, Palestinian citizens are entirely excluded. Trump’s plan gestures toward Palestinian statehood and includes promises of temporary Palestinian seats, yet no Palestinian civilian groups, humanitarian organizations, or representatives of the Palestinian Authority have been allowed to participate. Attempts to include Palestinian voices through video links were repeatedly cut off by Israeli officials, according to multiple sources.
US military planning documents obtained by the Guardian avoid the words “Palestine” or “Palestinian,” opting instead for the depersonalized label “Gazans.” When Zionist Prime Minister and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu toured the facility, he portrayed the CMCC as a purely bilateral Israeli-American project, with official photos featuring only US and Israeli personnel.
The CMCC operates out of a multistory building in Kiryat Gat, an industrial town 20 kilometers from Gaza. The structure previously housed the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, whose food distribution points became death traps for hundreds of Palestinian aid seekers; remnants of its supplies remain in the basement. Inside, corporate jargon imported by the US military dominates the space. Gaza citizens are referred to as “end users,” and team agendas follow tone-deaf mnemonics: “Wellness Wednesdays” for bombed hospitals and non-functioning schools; “Thirsty Thursdays” for water and sanitation in a place where children are killed seeking drinking water.
Diplomats and aid workers walk cautiously within the CMCC. Many fear the center may violate international law, excludes any prospect of a future Palestinian state, lacks an international mandate, and dangerously blurs humanitarian and military roles. Yet withdrawing would leave planning for Gaza’s future solely in the hands of the Zionist entity and US planners who possess limited knowledge of Gaza’s political and social landscape. “We are really unsure how much time and energy to invest,” one diplomat said. “But this is the only chance we have of the Americans listening.”
The CMCC’s influence may already be fading. Dozens of US military personnel deployed in October have quietly returned home after completing their assignments. Imagining an abstract future for Gaza without its Palestinian citizenry has proven far easier than achieving any real progress—and it remains unclear whether any CMCC plans will ever be realized.
“Israel” insists the ceasefire cannot progress until Hamas is fully demilitarized—a goal the Zionist occupation army has failed to achieve despite two years of genocidal assaults and continuous weaponization of aid delivery. A UN commission of inquiry and numerous humanitarian organizations have already concluded that “Israel” is committing genocide in Gaza. Asked for a timeline on implementing CMCC proposals, a US official declined to provide one. “The US military is not at the heart of this,” he said. “It falls more into the political world.”
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