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<article data-history-node-id="449403" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bars-us-contractor-gaza-blocking-base-moroccan-and-kosovan-troops" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bars-us-contractor-gaza-blocking-base-moroccan-and-kosovan-troops" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel bars US contractor from Gaza, blocking base for Moroccan and Kosovan troops</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel&nbsp;is blocking US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace from building a military base in Gaza to house troops from Morocco and Kosovo, the Guardian has reported.</p> <p>In August, the board awarded US-based Arkel International its first Gaza construction contract.</p> <p>The company was tasked with building a military outpost for 150 troops who would form the vanguard of a controversial international stabilisation force comprised of countries friendly to Israel.</p> <p>Two months later, Israel still refuses to let the contractor enter Gaza or begin construction, the British newspaper reported.</p> <p>“Israel won’t open the border,” a person familiar with the matter told the Guardian.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-bars-us-contractor-gaza-blocking-base-moroccan-and-kosovan-troops">Israel bars US contractor from Gaza, blocking base for Moroccan and Kosovan troops</a></h3> <section> <figure class="image"><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/crop_16_9/public/images-story/000_98946C2.jpg.jpg?itok=Hl3IC258"> <figcaption>US President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony at the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on 19 February (AFP)</figcaption> </figure> </section> </div> </div> </article>