A room located inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) for the Gaza Strip, in Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Credit: Ahikam Seri/AFP)
If The Guardian is correct, Israeli agents carried out extensive surveillance of U.S. forces and allied personnel deployed at the Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), which has been operational since late October to coordinate postwar arrangements in Gaza and is located on a military base in southern Israel.According to cited sources, Israeli members of the CMCC recorded meetings, either openly or covertly, prompting the U.S. commander on site, Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank, to step in and tell his Israeli counterpart that “recording has to stop here”.Several CMCC employees and visitors interviewed by the British daily were explicitly instructed to avoid sharing sensitive information for fear it might be collected or exploited.Israel denied any such behavior and said it merely “ documents meetings.”U.S. officials, however, describe a...
If The Guardian is correct, Israeli agents carried out extensive surveillance of U.S. forces and allied personnel deployed at the Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC), which has been operational since late October to coordinate postwar arrangements in Gaza and is located on a military base in southern Israel.According to cited sources, Israeli members of the CMCC recorded meetings, either openly or covertly, prompting the U.S. commander on site, Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank, to step in and tell his Israeli counterpart that “recording has to stop here”.Several CMCC employees and visitors interviewed by the British daily were explicitly instructed to avoid sharing sensitive information for fear it might be collected or exploited.Israel denied any such behavior and said it merely “ documents meetings.”U.S. officials, however,...
