Netanyahu’s security cabinet on Sunday approved the legal framework that would allow the force’s 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 Stabilisation Force, will include 200 members from “friendly countries ⁠such as Uganda and Morocco” 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.

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

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

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

Trump’s 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 board is planning a pilot humanitarian zone for Gazans as a way to kickstart the US president’s stalled plan, a board official said this month.

Nickolay Mladenov, Trump’s Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, welcomed the Israeli decision.

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