"Israeli authorities are reportedly conducting widespread surveillance and recording in a U.S. base set up in southern Israel in October to monitor the Gaza ceasefire. The Guardian reports that foreign diplomats and other visitors to the base like humanitarian officials are sometimes told to avoid sharing sensitive information for fear that it will be exploited by Israel, creating an atmosphere of paranoia among visitors."
"The monitoring is so widespread that the commander of the base, Patrick Frank, had to summon his Israeli counterpart to tell him the "recording has to stop here," the publication reports. The base is known as the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), and is located in southern Israel, in the building where the disastrous Gaza Humanitarian Foundation once operated. The CMCC's stated purpose is to monitor the ceasefire and aid its implementation, including the flow of humanitarian aid."
Israeli authorities reportedly conducted pervasive surveillance and recording inside a U.S. base established in southern Israel in October to monitor the Gaza ceasefire. Foreign diplomats, humanitarian officials, and other visitors were sometimes told to avoid sharing sensitive information for fear that Israel would exploit it, creating an atmosphere of paranoia. U.S. military officials said representatives from about 50 nations and international groups operated at the site. The monitoring prompted base commander Patrick Frank to summon his Israeli counterpart and order the recording to stop. The base, called the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), occupies the former Gaza Humanitarian Foundation building and aims to monitor the ceasefire and facilitate humanitarian aid.
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