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U.S. sending 200 troops to Israel
Forces will help support and monitor ceasefire deal BY KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss details that were not authorized Associated Press for release, said U.S. Central ComWASHINGTON — The United States is mand is going to establish a “civilsending about 200 troops to Israel military coordination center” in to help support and monitor the Israel that will help facilitate the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a flow of humanitarian aid as well as team that includes partner nations, logistical and security assistance nongovernmental organizations into the territory wracked by two and private-sector players, U.S. years of war. The remarks provide some of officials said Thursday.
ä Israeli Cabinet approves ‘outline’ of deal for hostages’ release. PAGE 4A the first details on how the ceasefire deal would be monitored and that the U.S. military would have a role in that effort. After Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a Trump administration plan to halt the fighting, a litany
of questions remain on next steps, including Hamas disarmament, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a future government in the territory. One of the officials said the new team will help monitor implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the transition to a civilian government in Gaza. The coordination center will be staffed by about 200 U.S. service members who have expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering, said the
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official, who noted that no American troops will be sent into Gaza. A second official said the troops would come from U.S. Central Command as well as other parts of the globe. That official added that the troops already have begun arriving and will continue to travel to the region over the weekend to begin planning and efforts to establish the center. Two other senior U.S. officials who spoke to reporters on
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More applicants sought for library board BY CLAIRE TAYLOR
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Two applicants, an attorney and an investment adviser with two master’s degrees who sits on the board of Temple Shalom, aren’t sufficient options for the Lafayette Parish Council to make an appointment to the Lafayette Public Library board. On Tuesday, the council voted 3-2 to readvertise for volunteers to fill a vacancy on the board because they said two were not enough to choose from. In recent years, the council has received more than two applicants for seats on the board, which has taken on issues such as banning books and videos and forbidding book displays for special populations like Pride Month and Black History Month.
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People check out educational, food and giveaway booths during the National Night Out Block Party on Tuesday at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Lafayette. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.
ä See LIBRARY, page 5A
Bollinger Shipyards to build Coast Guard icebreakers Trump announces shipbuilding deal at White House
$6 billion deal that will support as many as 600 jobs at the company’s Houma shipyard. The agreement, still preliminary, is part of a larger pact between the U.S. government and Finland to partner on building 11 Arctic BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Security Cutters, a new class of Staff writer medium-size vessels that can cut President Donald Trump signed through Arctic ice while performan agreement Thursday paving ing defense and research missions. the way for Bollinger Shipyards to Trump has said he wants to evenbuild four new icebreaker vessels tually acquire 40 such vessels to for the U.S. Coast Guard, part of a protect U.S. security in the Arctic.
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Trump announced the deal at the White House on Thursday afternoon with Finnish President Alexander Stubb following a meeting with Stubb, Vice President JD Vance, several Cabinet members, Finnish officials and Bollinger Shipyards President and CEO Ben Bordelon. “It’s going to be a great partnership,” Trump said of the deal. Under the terms of the deal,
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Bollinger Shipyards in March won a nearly $1 billion contract from the Coast Guard to build the first heavy polar icebreaker constructed in the ä See BOLLINGER, page 5A U.S. in nearly 50 years.
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