{"id":366626,"date":"2026-08-06T21:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/366626\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:29:10","slug":"uganda-backs-deployment-of-troops-for-gaza-strip-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/366626\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda backs deployment of troops for Gaza Strip force"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Stabilisation Force is envisioned to deploy in areas not \u200bunder Israeli control. (EPA PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Uganda’s parliament has voted to approve the deployment of its military to the Gaza Strip, if it is needed \u200cas part of a multinational security force proposed under US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan \u200cfor the enclave.<\/p>\n

Before the vote, Ugandan Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka told MPs Trump had, \u200cthrough emissaries, contacted Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in July seeking the country’s contribution to the international force.<\/p>\n

An Israeli official said last month people from “friendly countries” including Uganda could join the force if it was deployed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thursday’s parliamentary debate was the first time Uganda itself had \u200cpublicly acknowledged \u200cit might \u2060take part.<\/p>\n

After a fragile ceasefire deal was struck in \u200bOctober, Trump set out a peace plan for the Gaza Strip that provided for a surge in humanitarian aid, civilian administration by Palestinian technocrats, Hamas laying down its arms and Israeli forces withdrawing.<\/p>\n

The plan has stalled and the group of technocrats – known as the National Committee for \u2060the Administration of Gaza – has remained outside \u200cthe enclave.<\/p>\n

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\n Uganda is one of the largest contributors of troops to peacekeeping missions in Africa. (AP PHOTO)<\/p>\n

Under \u200bthe plan, an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) is envisioned deploying in areas that are not \u200bunder Israeli control.<\/p>\n

\u200cIt is unclear when any such force will deploy.<\/p>\n

At the end of July, the Israeli security cabinet granted authorisation for part of the ISF, as well as representatives of the Palestinian Interim Administration, to begin work shortly in a limited area in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

Uganda is one of the largest contributors of troops to peacekeeping missions in Africa.<\/p>\n

It has contingents deployed in several countries including Somalia, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n

“Following the \u200binvitation \u200bby His Excellency Donald Trump … the \u200bPresident of the Republic of Uganda, is \u200cready to deploy in the Gaza Strip the desired Uganda People’s Defence Forces contingent,” Kiwanuka told MPs.<\/p>\n

During the debate, some MPs asked about the legal arrangement that would govern the deployment.<\/p>\n

Kiwanuka said a status of forces agreement would be signed after \u200bthe vote.<\/p>\n

Much of the Gaza Strip remains in ruins from two years of \u200bfull-scale war triggered by the \u2060Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n

with DPA<\/p>\n

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