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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has postponed security and administrative arrangements for the future of the Gaza Strip until after the Oct. 27 election, including plans for an international force and the arrival of a committee to administer the territory, Israeli media reported on Sunday, according to Anadolu Agency.
Israel’s public broadcaster KAN said Netanyahu had ordered a delay in the travel of about 7,000 Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt for police training, despite approval from Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security agency.
KAN described the decision as part of “a series of steps concerning the future of the Gaza Strip that the Israeli political leadership has postponed until after the election.”
The delayed measures also include preparations to build a new city in Rafah, the deployment of an international stabilization force in Gaza and the arrival of the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza.
Shin Bet cleared candidates for training in Egypt
The Hebrew-language newspaper Israel Hayom reported that Shin Bet had given security clearance to between 5,000 and 7,000 Palestinians being considered for police training in Egypt.
The agency’s role was limited to vetting names submitted by US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, the newspaper said. It added that Shin Bet had no authority to decide whether the candidates could travel.
Informed sources cited by the newspaper said Israeli political leaders had issued instructions to delay Gaza reconstruction measures in stages over recent weeks, rather than through a single explicit order to halt the process. The instructions included general indications that the measures should be implemented after the election.
The sources suggested the delays may reflect concerns that Gaza reconstruction efforts and the training of Palestinian police officers in Egypt “do not serve Netanyahu’s political interests at this time.”
Dispute over the ceasefire roadmap
In August, Netanyahu denied approving the deployment of an international stabilization force in Gaza, although its deployment is part of Trump’s plan to end Israel’s war in the territory.
The Board of Peace has said the force is expected to comprise troops from several countries and be led by a US general.
Last July, the Board of Peace announced a roadmap for implementing the next phases of the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Hamas later said it accepted the plan and called for Israel to be compelled to implement it.
The roadmap calls for Gaza’s administration to be transferred to the national committee under international supervision, the deployment of the international stabilization force, responsibility for Hamas’ weapons to be placed with the committee, and a phased Israeli withdrawal alongside reconstruction.
Netanyahu announced in August that he rejected the understandings, insisting that Hamas disarm before any Israeli withdrawal.
Despite a ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, the Israeli army has killed 1,551 Palestinians and injured 5,573 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Since October 2023, Israel’s war in Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and wounded over 175,000, while causing widespread destruction to about 90% of the territory’s civilian infrastructure.
