Netanyahuâs security cabinet on Sunday approved the legal framework that would allow the forceâs entry to Gaza, the official said. Netanyahu is scheduled to depart for Washington on Monday and is expected to meet Trump on Tuesday.

The official said that the mission, called the International Stabilization Force, will include 200 members from âfriendly countries such as Uganda and Moroccoâ deploying in areas that are not under Israeli control. Each contingent requires individual Israeli approval to enter Gaza.

It was unclear when the forces would deploy.

Much of Gaza remains in ruins from two years âof full-scale war triggered by the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.

After a ceasefire deal was struck in October, Trump set âout a peace plan for Gaza that provided for a surge in humanitarian aid, civilian administration by Palestinian â technocrats, Hamas laying down its arms and Israeli forces withdrawing.

But the plan has stalled and the group of technocrats â known as the âNational Committee for the Administration of Gaza â has remained outside Gaza.

Israel effectively controls an estimated 64% âof Gaza while nearly all of its â 2 âmillion people live on a sliver âof land on the coast under Hamas control, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings and facing âdire conditions.

Hamas has so far refused to disarm and Israel has said it will expand its area of control in Gaza to 70% of the enclave, where it has continued almost daily military strikes.

Trumpâs plan included a Board of Peace as an overarching international authority responsible for implementing the peace framework. It would oversee the security force, among other functions.

The boardis planning a pilot humanitarian zone for Gazans as a way to kickstart âthe U.S. presidentâs stalled plan, a board official said this month.

Nickolay Mladenov, Trumpâs Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, welcomed the Israeli decision.

âIt is a critical part of the agreed framework for stabilizing Gaza, supporting demilitarization, and enabling the transition to effective Palestinian transitional administration under the @NCAG,â he said on X, referring to the Palestinian civilian administration body.

(Reporting by Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi; Editing by Maayan Lubell and Cynthia Osterman)