December 19, 2025

In a wide-ranging and highly informative end-of-year news conference, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offers updates on the Gaza ceasefire. He acknowledges that no countries have yet committed troops to the International Stabilization Force, which is vital to Hamas’ disarmament, and projects that the reconstruction of Gaza after two years of war will likely last beyond the end of the Trump administration in January 2029. (source)