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Posted on March 30, 2026
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Add as preferred source on GoogleKosovo has authorized deployment of troops to Gaza as part of the U.S.-backed International Stabilization Force under the Trump‑led “Board of Peace,” joining nations like Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Albania.
PRISTINA, March 30 (Reuters) - Kosovo on Monday approved sending troops to Gaza for an international security force as part of a U.S.-backed initiative after last year's ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Several nations including Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Albania have committed troops to the International Stabilization Force to keep peace and back a transitional administration in Gaza under U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace."
Kosovo's government said in a televised ministerial meeting on Monday the defence ministry had decided to send a force to Gaza after receiving a U.S. invitation in December.
"We are ready to participate and help the people of Gaza, because we ourselves have been and are beneficiaries of international forces since 1999," Prime Minister Albin Kurti told the session.
The government did not reveal numbers of troops going to Gaza.
Violence in Gaza has persisted with the Israeli military killing over 680 Palestinians since the ceasefire with militant group Hamas began in November, local health officials say. More than 72,000 have been killed since the war started in October 2023.
Kosovo, a Balkan country of 1.6 million people, is an ally of the U.S. which backed its independence from Serbia in 2008.
(Reporting by Fatos Bytyci, Writing by Angeliki Koutantou, Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
Kosovo is sending troops to Gaza as part of an international security force under a US-backed initiative following the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Other countries involved include Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, and Albania.
No, the Kosovo government has not disclosed the number of troops being deployed to Gaza.
The force aims to maintain peace and support a transitional administration in Gaza.
Kosovo received the US invitation to join the Gaza mission in December.
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