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from Mint Press News
Two private security firms registered in the U.S. have been contracted to oversee operations in the Netzarim Corridor, a checkpoint separating northern and southern Gaza. The Guardian identified one of them, UG Solutions, as actively recruiting nearly 100 former U.S. special forces soldiers to carry out vehicle inspections on Gazan refugees returning to their homes in northern Gaza. Founded in 2023, the North Carolina-based company has maintained an intentionally low profile, with little public information available about its leadership or history.
Even more opaque is Safe Reach Solutions (SRS), a logistics and strategic planning firm supposedly headquartered in Wyoming. Its website lacks any identifiable personnel, past projects, or concrete details about its work. An investigation would later reveal that the company is, in fact, a front for a generational wealth management firm.
This marks the first time in decades that U.S. private security firms have operated inside Gaza in any official capacity. Yet, according to Axios, more private contractors may soon be headed to occupied Palestine. In early January, before the signing of the Gaza-Israel ceasefire and prisoner-exchange agreement, reports surfaced that the United Arab Emirates had been quietly hosting secret negotiations on a post-war governance plan for Gaza. Among the proposals under consideration was the deployment of private security contractors as a “peacekeeping force” inside the territory—an idea that while not officially adopted, shows that regional actors are willing to consider privatized solutions to one of the most politically charged conflicts in modern history...
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