(MENAFN) Germany will deploy three military personnel to assist in monitoring the Gaza ceasefire through a US-led coordination center in Israel, the country’s Defense Ministry announced.

“The German government supports the 20-point plan and the peace process for Gaza by helping to stabilize the ceasefire and implement the agreed measures,” the ministry stated on Saturday.

For the initial phase, the Bundeswehr will send two staff officers and a brigadier general from its Operational Command next week. The personnel will serve in uniform but unarmed at the Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in southern Israel.

The US-led CMCC is responsible for overseeing the Gaza ceasefire, clearing war debris, coordinating humanitarian aid, and supervising the integration, training, and logistical support of the planned multinational peacekeeping force. The center has already begun operations with roughly 200 American soldiers and is led by a US three-star general.

The Defense Ministry noted that parliamentary approval is not required for this deployment “as no involvement in armed operations is expected.”

This announcement follows German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s pledge to provide robust political, financial, and technical support for the Gaza ceasefire plan, while stopping short of committing troops to the proposed International Stabilization Force.

The plan, endorsed last Monday at a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, by world powers and regional actors, is now in its early stages despite several recent ceasefire violations by Israeli forces. In the first phase, Hamas released 20 Israeli captives and Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israeli troops have begun withdrawing from densely populated areas, and humanitarian aid is arriving in the Gaza Strip.

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