The U.S. Mission to the United Nations announced on Thursday that it has submitted a draft resolution to the Security Council in support of Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. This draft aims to approve a two-year mandate for a transitional governing body in Gaza and an international force to stabilize the region. Diyaa Rashwan, head of Egypt’s State Information Service, stated that “the stability-keeping force is separate from the administration of Gaza, and the trained Palestinian police will be responsible for Gaza’s security.” Rashwan emphasized to “Al Arabiya/Al Hadath” on Wednesday evening that confusing these roles is perplexing for everyone and could lead to several issues, as Israel places conditions that hinder the implementation of Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, and Washington urges Tel Aviv to ease its conditions to proceed with this plan.
He added that during discussions held in Cairo, the Hamas movement agreed to hand over offensive weapons and relinquish the administration of Gaza. He noted that the handover of weapons to the international force is currently under discussion and contentious, and assigning the international force to disarm Hamas could lead to clashes.
The project submitted by Washington to the Security Council proposes a two-year mandate and an international force to stabilize the Palestinian sector. It remains unclear whether any changes have been made to the draft resolution circulated among the ten elected Security Council members, especially since the resolution requires at least nine affirmative votes and the non-use of veto power by Russia, China, the United States, Britain, or France for adoption.
The two-page text allows the transitional governing body to establish a temporary international force to stabilize the Gaza Strip, which can use all necessary measures to fulfill its mandate.
It should be noted that the issue of forming a temporary committee to manage Gaza remains highly contentious, with the Palestinian Authority demanding the return of administrative power over the sector, which Israel opposes. Several ideas have been proposed for the administration of Gaza, including a committee composed of Palestinian technocrats with international participation.
It is noteworthy that U.S. President Donald Trump announced on October 9th that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement to implement the first phase of the peace plan, aiming to end the armed conflict that has persisted for two years in the Gaza Strip. Trump’s plan, presented on September 29th, includes 20 provisions, the most notable being an immediate ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages within 72 hours and the formation of a technocratic administration under international supervision led by Trump himself, without the involvement of Hamas or other Palestinian factions in governance.
Under the agreement, 20 hostages that had been held since October 7, 2023, were released, while Israel freed 1,718 prisoners from the Gaza Strip who returned to their homes, in addition to 250 Palestinian prisoners with life sentences or long sentences who were transferred to other Palestinian territories or deported.
