The UN Security Council has advanced preparations for a resolution on Gaza's future implementing President Donald Trump's comprehensive peace framework, responding to Indonesian and Azerbaijani demands for Security Council authorization before deploying troops as the primary component of an international stabilization force in the Strip.
The draft resolution has been under discussion in recent weeks among countries involved in shaping Gaza's future, led by the US, Israel, and Egypt. Israel Hayom obtained the draft resolution, which currently contains fewer than ten articles. The primary innovations it includes are plans to create a "Palestinian policing force" and the stipulation that the International Stabilization Force (ISF) would receive a two-year mandate in the initial phase.
The ISF is designed to be the sole military force in Gaza under Trump's framework, with responsibility for dismantling terror infrastructure and demilitarizing the Strip.
The resolution carries the title "Comprehensive Plan for Ending the Conflict in Gaza." It draws from the "Trump Declaration for Peace and Stability," more commonly known as the "20-Point Plan." Its core features a new international framework for rehabilitating Gaza and guaranteeing regional security, alongside efforts to secure broad international backing for a new civilian and security apparatus to be established in the Strip.
Key Points of the Resolution:
- Adoption of the "Comprehensive Plan." The Security Council endorses the diplomatic framework (of Trump's plan) and encourages all parties to implement it "in good faith and without delay."
- Creation of an International Transitional Governance Mechanism (Board of Peace – BoP) that would function as an international-civilian body coordinating Strip rehabilitation, managing aid distribution, and monitoring Palestinian Authority activity pending reform completion.
- Stringent oversight of humanitarian aid. Restoration of aid to Gaza while guaranteeing resources are not redirected to Hamas or terror organizations, but exclusively serve civilian requirements.
- Creation of an International Stabilization Force (ISF). A temporary force stationed in Gaza in coordination with Israel and Egypt, with goals encompassing border security; monitoring of Strip demilitarization processes; blocking terror infrastructure rehabilitation; civilian protection and humanitarian aid operation support. The force would function until December 2027, contingent on renewed Council authorization.
- Creation of a vetted Palestinian policing force (meaning members' would be vetted).
- World Bank and donor function: Creation of a designated international fund for Gaza rehabilitation and financing civilian and infrastructure projects.
- Fresh Palestinian civilian leadership: Daily affairs management would be executed by a professional, non-political Palestinian committee, under BoP monitoring.
- Regional and international collaboration. Member states are urged to provide forces, equipment, and resources and to back the plan and bodies functioning on the ground.
- The Security Council establishes it will remain engaged and informed on the matter.
The expectation is that voting on the plan will occur only in two weeks, and that meanwhile various countries will seek to modify the text in accordance with their agendas.
