
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint statement to the media at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem on Feb. 16, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg /Pool/AFP via Getty Images
An international security force in Gaza under a cease-fire agreement would have to be made up of countries that Israel is “comfortable with,” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Oct. 24 during a visit to Israel.
Speaking to the media after visiting the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel, Rubio said that many countries have offered to be part of the force.

