Netanyahu hails Trump Gaza plan after UN Security Council vote

• ‘Israel’ hailed the UN Security Council's endorsement of President Trump's Gaza peace plan, which authorizes an international force to ensure demilitarization and is expected to expand the Abraham Accords.
• Hamas rejected the resolution, calling it the imposition of an "international trusteeship" that fails to meet Palestinian rights and political demands.

‘Israel’ on Tuesday hailed Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan after its endorsement by the UN Security Council, as Hamas rejected the resolution which calls for the deployment of an international force in the Palestinian territory.

The United Nations Security Council voted on Monday in favour of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Trump's plan for the Gaza Strip -- which has allowed a fragile ceasefire to hold between ‘Israel’ and Hamas since October 10.

The peace plan notably authorises the creation of an international force that would work with ‘Israel’ and Egypt and newly-trained Palestinian police to help secure border areas and demilitarise Gaza.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office hailed Trump's plan on Tuesday, saying it would lead to "peace and prosperity because it insists upon full demilitarisation, disarmament and the deradicalisation of Gaza".

On X, Netanyahu's office said the plan would also lead to an expansion of the Abraham Accords, under which a few Arab countries have normalised ties with ‘Israel’.

There were 13 votes in favour of the resolution and none against, with Russia and China both abstaining but not deploying their veto as permanent members.

“Conditions are catastrophic”

The Gaza Strip has been largely reduced to rubble after two years of assault since the events of Oct. 7.

Hamas, which is excluded by the resolution from any governance role in Gaza, said it did not meet Palestinians' "political and humanitarian demands and rights".

In a statement, Hamas decried the establishment of an international force and said the resolution imposes "an international trusteeship on the Gaza Strip, which our people, its forces, and its constituent groups reject".

The peace plan authorises the creation of an International Stabilisation Force that is mandated to work on the "permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups", protecting civilians and securing humanitarian aid corridors.

It also authorises the formation of a "Board of Peace", a transitional governing body for Gaza -- which Trump would theoretically chair -- with a mandate running until the end of 2027.

The resolution also calls for the resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries at scale through the UN, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent.

The European Union's foreign affairs spokesman, Anouar El Anouni, hailed Monday's vote as "an important step" in ending the Gaza assault, enabling scaled-up aid access and reconstructing the war-battered territory.

On X, the Palestinian foreign ministry, based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, said the vote affirmed the Palestinian people's "right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state," stressing the need for immediate implementation.

In convoluted language, the resolution does mention a possible pathway to a future Palestinian state once the Palestinian Authority completes reforms -- but it is something firmly and repeatedly rejected by ‘Israel’.