Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday welcomed the United Nations' approval of the Trump administration's plan for a lasting peace in Gaza, while Hamas rejected it.
The resolution adopted on Monday by the UN Security Council authorizes the creation of an international stabilization force to ensure order in war-torn Gaza, approves the establishment of a transitional authority called the Peace Board, which will be overseen by President Donald Trump, and outlines a possible path towards the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
"We believe that President Trump's plan will bring peace because it insists on the complete demilitarization and disarmament of Gaza," Netanyahu's office wrote on the X platform on Tuesday.
The resolution gives a broad mandate to the international force, including border surveillance, securing the area and demilitarizing Gaza.
The US plan envisages that the stabilization force will ensure the “permanent deactivation of weapons by non-state armed groups.” It authorizes this force to “use all necessary measures to fulfill its mandate” in accordance with international law, a UN formulation that implies the possibility of using military force.
Hamas said on Monday that the inclusion of disarmament in the plan favors the occupation. It added that the resolution does not "fulfill the demands and political and humanitarian rights of the Palestinian people."
Hamas demanded that any international force be under UN supervision, be deployed only on Gaza's borders to monitor the ceasefire, and function exclusively in cooperation with Palestinian institutions.