Rubio was the latest in a series of high-level US officials to visit the civilian military coordination center and the country. U.S. Vice President JD Vance was there earlier this week where he announced its opening, and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law, were also in Israel.

UNRWA a subsidiary of Hamas, has no role in Gaza • West Bank annexation "a threat to the peace process" US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the Trump-proposed international peace force in Gaza would have to be comprised of countries that Israel approves during a press conference in Kiryat Gat on Friday.