The US draft resolution was supported by other states, including the Gaza mediators Qatar and Egypt.
US President Trump said the resolution would lead to “further peace around the world”. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said after the vote that the resolution was another important step that will help the Gaza Strip prosper and create an environment in which Israel can live in safety.
The resolution endorses Trump’s peace plan, which led to a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Islamist Hamas on October 10 after two years of war. It calls for the creation of an International Stabilization Force to work with Israel and Egypt, as well as newly trained Palestinian police forces, to secure the border areas and demilitarize the Gaza Strip.
The formation of a so-called Peace Council is also planned. Theoretically, Trump would chair the interim body for the Gaza Strip, and the mandate should run until the end of 2027. A possible future Palestinian state is also mentioned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his support for Trump’s peace plan. “We believe that President Trump’s plan will lead to peace and prosperity because he insists on the full demilitarization, disarmament and de-radicalization of the Gaza Strip,” said Netanyahu’s office on the online service X. The plan will lead to an expansion of the Abraham Accords. With the agreements, Trump brokered a historic rapprochement between Israel and some Arab states during his first term in office.
The EU Commission welcomed the UN Security Council’s approval as an “important step”. The decision “consolidates the ceasefire, allows humanitarian access on a large scale and paves the way for an early recovery” in the Gaza Strip, a Commission spokesman said in Brussels. The EU is calling on “all those involved” to now fully implement the UN resolution.
The federal government also “expressly welcomes” the UN Security Council’s vote, said Federal Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) during a visit to Serbia. For Germany, this resolution is “the decisive key to the peaceful future of reconciliation between Israel and the Palestinians.”
Before the vote, Israel’s UN ambassador Danny Danon emphasized that the resolution ensures “that Hamas is no longer a threat to Israel.” According to the resolution, the Islamist Palestinian organization should be excluded from any government role in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas rejected the resolution. This does not do justice to the “political and humanitarian demands and rights” of the Palestinians, she explained.
The Foreign Ministry of the Palestinian Authority, however, supported the vote in the Security Council. “The State of Palestine welcomes the UN resolution on the Gaza Strip,” the ministry said on online service X, emphasizing “the urgent need to immediately implement the resolution on the ground.”
Russia and China abstained from the vote and there were no vetoes. The UN veto power Russia had submitted its own draft. Moscow argued that the US draft did not go far enough to support the creation of a Palestinian state.
Meanwhile, an attack with a car and a knife was carried out in the south of the occupied West Bank. One person was killed and three others were injured, according to the Israeli emergency services and the Israeli army. They initially did not provide any further information.
