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The UK played a cardinal relation down the scenes of the Gaza bid plan, but has nary plans to enactment British troops connected the ground, a elder curate has said.
Bridget Phillipson, the acquisition secretary, told Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that Sir Keir Starmer's beingness astatine a signing ceremonial for the ceasefire woody successful Egypt connected Monday "demonstrates the cardinal relation that we person played".
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She would not accidental precisely what the UK's relation successful the ceasefire, mostly attributed to Donald Trump, is oregon was.
But she added: "We person played a cardinal relation down the scenes successful shaping this.
"It's close that we bash truthful due to the fact that it's successful each of our interest, including our ain nationalist interest, that we determination to a lasting bid successful the region.
"These are analyzable matters of diplomacy that we are progressive in. But we bash invited and recognise the captious relation that the American authorities played successful moving america to this point."
Number 10 said connected Saturday Sir Keir volition be the acme successful Sharm el-Sheikh connected Monday, wherever the bid program volition beryllium signed. He volition wage "particular tribute" to Mr Trump.
The US and Israel person said the UK and different countries, specified arsenic France, recognising Palestine arsenic a authorities successful September hampered bid efforts.
However, Ms Phillipson stood by the decision, saying it was "the close happening to do".
On whether the UK is prepared to enactment British troops into the country arsenic portion of a stabilisation unit aft the ceasefire, she said: "We person nary plans to bash that."
The US subject volition assistance found a multinational unit successful Israel, known arsenic a civil-military coordination centre, which is apt to see troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the UAE.
On Friday, US officials said up to 200 US troops already based successful the Middle East volition beryllium moved to Israel to assistance show the ceasefire successful Gaza.
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The time before, President Trump announced Israel and Hamas had "signed disconnected connected the archetypal phase" of a bid program helium unveiled past week.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians person been walking backmost to Gaza City, which is mostly destroyed, from confederate Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect connected Friday.
Aid trucks person been gathering successful Egypt to transverse into Gaza aft months of warnings by assistance groups of famine successful parts of the territory.
In Israel, the remaining hostages are owed to beryllium returned from Gaza by Hamas connected Monday nether the archetypal signifier of the bid plan. Twenty are believed to inactive beryllium alive, 26 person been declared dead, portion the destiny of 2 is unknown.
The ceasefire statement has been made 2 years aft Hamas stormed Israel connected 7 October 2023, sidesplitting 1,200 radical and taking 251 hostages.
Israel's subject violative has killed much than 67,000 Palestinians successful Gaza, according to the Hamas-run wellness ministry, which the UN deems reliable.
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