Vance Announces Civilian Military Cooperation Center, Vows No US Troops in Gaza 

U.S. Vice President JD Vance held a press conference in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Oct. 21 to announce the establishment of a Civilian Military Cooperation Center. While U.S. troops will help operate the command center—a joint effort between Israeli and American governments meant to guide peace efforts in the Middle East—the vice president said they will not deploy to the Gaza Strip. “The only real mediators are the United States of America, and so that’s the role that we’re going to play,” Vance said. “I think the American people should … should know, that there are going to be no American boots on the ground in Gaza.”...