Morocco has signed an agreement to join the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Gaza , becoming the latest state to back a controversial US-led security blueprint that still lacks Palestinian consent and the conditions for deployment on the ground.
Morocco signed the pact on Wednesday at a meeting in Rabat attended by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, the Board of Peace's special envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, and a visiting ISF delegation, including the force’s commander, according to the state news agency MAP .
The defence administration said the agreement "reflects the shared determination to contribute, through concrete humanitarian and security actions, to the establishment of a climate of peace and security in the region," framing Morocco's participation as an extension of its broader diplomatic role in Middle Eastern crises.
Under the accord, Morocco will provide a legal framework for the technical and operational aspects of any eventual deployment, including senior military officers, gendarmerie and police personnel, and a planned military field hospital for Gaza.
Mladenov and ISF officials welcomed the move, praising King Mohammed VI's "visionary leadership" and describing Rabat's decision as translating "its longstanding commitment to the Palestinian people into concrete actions."
Morocco, a longtime US ally, restored diplomatic ties with Israel in 2020 under the so‑called Abraham Accords brokered by President Donald Trump , while continuing to support a two‑state solution and publicly backing Palestinian statehood.
Morocco's announcement comes against the backdrop of Phase 2 of Trump’s 20‑point Gaza plan, where Israeli forces were supposed to begin withdrawing from Gaza at the start of 2026, with ISF troops moving in to fill the security vacuum and a Palestinian technocratic body taking over civilian governance.
In reality, however, almost none of this has materialised. Negotiations remain deadlocked over Hamas disarmament, with Israel refusing to step back without "visible progress" on that condition and Hamas rejecting disarmament as a precondition for any transition.
Israel has instead expanded the areas under its direct military control, pushing a demarcation known as "the Yellow Line" further west so that by May it held around 60% of the enclave and has since ordered the army to move towards 70%, declaring everything east of the line a free‑fire zone.
Washington has approached around 70 countries to contribute troops, aiming for a 10,000‑strong force by the end of 2026, and secured pledges worth roughly $17 billion at a February Board of Peace meeting in Washington .
Yet only a handful of states—Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo and Albania—have committed personnel, and several of those commitments have frayed as the political and security costs of participation have become clearer.