They say “stability” - Here’s what’s actually being trained for Gaza
8,000 PA Security Forces to be trained by Egypt, Jordan and the EU, to control the Gaza Strip
"[PASF] Police forces are training in Egypt and Jordan, and they may number in the thousands. They will return to the Gaza Strip"
As the US launches today the second phase of the 20-point peace plan for the Gaza Strip, one component that could guarantee that terror returns is the inclusion of the PA and its terrorist PA Security Forces (PASF) to run Gaza.
Palestinian Media Watch has repeatedly exposed not only the fundamental terror role played by Fatah and the PASF but also the repeated bragging by PASF, PA and Fatah officials about their primary role in terror. Just last week, a senior Palestinian leader again bragged about the leading terror role played by Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah and the PA Security Forces:
Host's question: "The Fatah Movement has effectively abandoned the armed struggle. What is your response?"
Fatah Central Committee member, Abbas Zaki: "This is slogan talk that does not reflect reality. Look at the [Palestinian] prisoners in the [Israeli] prisons before Oct. 7, 2023 (i.e., Hamas' attack), most of them are from Fatah. Look at the lists of Martyrs and graves, most of them are from Fatah… If Fatah had abandoned its struggle, it would not have such a large number of prisoners, which is equal to the total number of prisoners of all the other Palestinian movements, and even several times more than that of its rivals and competitors (i.e., Hamas, PFLP, etc)… A large number of Security Forces commanders died as Martyrs and carried out special operations (i.e., terror attacks), and this is conclusive proof that this people, and this Fatah, cannot be easily contained or tamed."
[Arabi 21, London-based Arab news website, Jan. 9, 2026]
Israeli PM Netanyahu has explicitly stated that Israel won't accept that either Hamas or the PA will rule Gaza. Yet the PA's official daily reported that Egypt is training up to 5,000 PA Police officers from the Gaza Strip to undertake "security tasks" there, after the end of the war." Moreover, the EU plans to train3,000 police officers from the Gaza Strip:
"A senior Palestinian official revealed that police officers in the Palestinian [PA] police from the Gaza Strip are receiving training in Egypt to participate in a force that is supposed to take on security tasks in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war (i.e., Hamas' Oct. 7 war on Israel; see note below -Ed.).
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced… that Egypt is working on a plan to train 5,000 Palestinian officers and security personnel in Cairo, in preparation for their deployment in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
A senior Palestinian official told AFP that more than 500 police officers and police officials underwent operational and theoretical training in Cairo in March, and that hundreds more have been continuing similar training since the end of September...
The Palestinian official clarified that those who recently underwent training will be part of a force comprising 5,000 police officers, all from the Gaza Strip but receiving their salaries from the PA.
The Palestinian official said that the Egyptian training program is being conducted in coordination with the PA.
A high-ranking security officer in the PA said that [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas instructed [PA] Minister of Interior Ziyad Hab Al-Rih to coordinate with Egypt to train the police and security force in the Gaza Strip...
A senior European official in Brussels reported that the European Union (EU) intends to train approximately 3,000 police officers from the Gaza Strip outside the Gaza Strip. Since 2006, the EU has been funding a delegation to train the [PA] police in the occupied West Bank, with a budget of approximately 13 million euros (about $15 million) [parentheses in source]."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 1, 2025]
Similar information was reported on official PA TV by a Palestinian official, Ramzi Oudeh, that thousands of PA Security Forces members are training abroad for later when they will "restore control" over the Gaza Strip:
Secretary-General of the International Academic Campaign against the Israeli Occupation and Apartheid Ramzi Oudeh: "The information I have, although unofficial, says that… there is a large number from the Palestinian [PA] Security Forces [such as] police forces that are training in Egypt and Jordan, and they may number in the thousands. They will return to the Gaza Strip and restore control over it. It is also impossible to imagine stabilization forces without the presence of a substantial Egyptian force... Some of the Islamic states like Indonesia and Pakistan may send small forces and the like, but the essential force will be a burden on the Palestinian and Egyptian forces, the major burden will be on them... Regarding the American force, its purpose is supervision, meaning its purpose is guidance and supervision."
[Official PA TV, Topic of the Day, Nov. 23, 2025]
Placing the terrorist PASF to rule the Gaza Strip would replace the Hamas terror organization with the Fatah terror organization, and this, by the PA's own admission and bragging. If the US wants a quick solution, grabbing some available terrorists might create a perception of progress. If the US wants a terror-free Gaza Strip, it will have to find another solution.
The following is a longer excerpt of the report in the official PA daily:
Headline: "Egypt trains a Palestinian police force to participate in maintaining security in the Gaza Strip after the war"
"A senior Palestinian official revealed that police officers in the Palestinian [PA] police from the Gaza Strip are receiving training in Egypt to participate in a force that is supposed to take on security tasks in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war (refers to Hamas' Oct. 7 war on Israel; see note below -Ed.).
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced in August [2025], during a visit to the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing together with his Palestinian counterpart [PA Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs] Muhammad Mustafa, that Egypt is working on a plan to train 5,000 Palestinian officers and security personnel in Cairo, in preparation for their deployment in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war.
A senior Palestinian official told AFP that more than 500 police officers and police officials underwent operational and theoretical training in Cairo in March, and that hundreds more have been continuing similar training since the end of September...
The Palestinian official clarified that those who recently underwent training will be part of a force comprising 5,000 police officers, all from the Gaza Strip but receiving their salaries from the PA.
The Palestinian official said that the Egyptian training program is being conducted in coordination with the PA.
A high-ranking security officer in the PA said that [PA] President Mahmoud Abbas instructed [PA] Minister of Interior Ziyad Hab Al-Rih to coordinate with Egypt to train the police and security force in the Gaza Strip...
Mahmoud (pseudonym) [parentheses in source], a deputy-level officer who participated in the first course, said that the training included theoretical security and policy lectures, which dealt with the ‘implications' of Hamas' attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the ‘damage' to the Palestinian cause.
He added that the lectures also addressed the role of the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians, and in ‘maintaining the dream of establishing the' Palestinian ‘state'...
A senior European official in Brussels reported that the European Union (EU) intends to train approximately 3,000 police officers from the Gaza Strip outside the Gaza Strip. Since 2006, the EU has been funding a delegation to train the [PA] police in the occupied West Bank, with a budget of approximately 13 million euros (about $15 million) [parentheses in source]."
[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 1, 2025]