The contractors have been enlisted to do weapons checks on vehicles carrying displaced Palestinians back to their homes in the north under the terms of the new cease-fire.

A private American security company will take over a key checkpoint on the road to northern Gaza in the coming days as Israeli forces withdraw from the area on Saturday, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.

US private security contractors are set to monitor vehicles of displaced Palestinians returning from southern Gaza to their homes in the destroyed north, US media reported on Thursday, citing government officials.