US President Donald Trump’s administration is reportedly planning to appoint an American two-star general to command the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza.

The report in the Axios news site on Thursday, citing two US officials and two Israeli officials, did not name the general in question.

According to the report, US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to Israel this week that the Trump administration is going to lead the ISF and appoint a two-star general as its commander.

An Israeli official quoted by the news site said that “Waltz even said he knows the general personally and stressed he is a very serious guy.”

The appointment would mean that the US will officially command the nascent security force, but White House officials stressed to the site that there will not be any US boots on the ground in Gaza.

The White House and the Pentagon did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.

A United Nations Security Council resolution adopted on November 17 authorized a Board of Peace and countries working with it to establish a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza. Under the plan, IDF forces — who currently control 53 percent of Gaza —........

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