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Uganda Selects Troops While Finalizing Gaza Stabilization Force Deployment

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Uganda is selecting troops and finalizing its participation in the planned international stabilization force for Gaza after parliament authorized the deployment, officials told AP. A Ugandan military officer said around 1,200 personnel were being selected, while a Board of Peace official said participation details were still being completed. Ugandan officials joined a Burundian military delegation in Israel last week, but nothing has been finalized with Burundi. The planned 20,000-member force, led by U.S. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers, would monitor the ceasefire, train Palestinian police, and help secure aid delivery.

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