Egypt trains hundreds of Palestinians for future Gaza police force
Egypt is training hundreds of Palestinian police officers with an eye toward integrating them into a post-war security force in Gaza, a Palestinian official said.Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty announced the plan to train 5,000 officers for Gaza during talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa in August.A first group of more than 500 officers were trained in Cairo in March and since September, the two-month courses have resumed to welcome hundreds more people, the Palestinian official said on condition of anonymity.
