UN Security Council Approves US Draft Resolution Amid Palestinian Welcome and Hamas Criticism

SadaNews - The United Nations Security Council adopted the US draft on ending the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip on Monday evening, New York time.

In a general session, 13 members of the council voted in favor of the draft, while Russia and China abstained from voting.

The resolution, numbered 2803, welcomed President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, which was issued on September 29, 2025, according to the "United Nations" website.

The Security Council called for the full implementation of the plan and maintaining the ceasefire.

Here are the main points of the resolution:

- The Security Council resolution welcomes the establishment of a Peace Council to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza until the completion of the reform of the Palestinian Authority.

- The Security Council resolution sets the end of 2027 as the timeframe for the termination of the Peace Council's mandate and the international civil and security presence in the Gaza Strip.

- Completing the reform of the Authority and progress in reconstruction may create conditions for determining the fate of the Palestinian state.

- We affirm the need to resume aid to Gaza in cooperation with the Peace Council and ensure its use for peaceful purposes only.

- Operational entities will operate under the authority of the Peace Council and be funded by voluntary contributions and donor parties.

- We call on the World Bank and financial institutions to support the reconstruction of Gaza and to establish a fund for this purpose.

- The establishment of a temporary international stabilization force in Gaza operating under unified command in coordination with Egypt and Israel.

- The stabilization force will work on disarming Gaza, protecting civilians, and training the Palestinian police.

- The stabilization force will help secure humanitarian corridors in the Gaza Strip.

As the stabilization force progresses, the Israeli army will withdraw according to agreed criteria and a timetable.

- We call on countries and organizations to provide financial, logistical, and personnel support to the Peace Council and the stabilization force in Gaza.

- The Peace Council is to submit a written report to the Security Council every six months regarding the progress being made in Gaza.

- Participating countries and the Peace Council are to establish operational entities with international authorities to manage the transitional governance.

The State of Palestine Welcomes the UN Decision on Gaza and Affirms Its Readiness to Carry Out its Responsibilities

The State of Palestine welcomed, tonight, the adoption by the UN Security Council of the US draft resolution regarding Gaza, which confirms the establishment of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, entering and providing humanitarian assistance without obstacles, and affirms the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

The State of Palestine emphasized the necessity of acting immediately to implement this resolution on the ground, ensuring a return to normal life, protecting our people in the Gaza Strip, preventing displacement, complete withdrawal of occupation forces, reconstruction, halting the undermining of the two-state solution, and preventing annexation.

The State of Palestine expressed its full readiness to cooperate with the US administration, Security Council members, Arab and Islamic countries, members of the European Union, the United Nations, and all parties to the international coalition and partners in the New York Declaration, to implement this resolution in a way that ends the suffering of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem, and leads to a political path that achieves peace, security, and stability between Palestinians and Israelis, based on a two-state solution rooted in international law and legitimacy.

The State of Palestine reiterated its readiness to assume full responsibility in the Gaza Strip, within the framework of the unity of land, people, and institutions, considering the sector an integral part of the State of Palestine.

The State of Palestine thanks all countries that expressed their readiness to work with the State of Palestine and the concerned parties to support the efforts of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people toward ending the occupation and achieving freedom and independence, in pursuit of finding a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue, which achieves peace, stability, and security in the region and the world.

Hamas Criticizes Security Council's Adoption of the US Draft Resolution

The Hamas Movement criticized the decision adopted by the UN Security Council regarding the Gaza Strip after 13 countries approved the amended US draft resolution, while Russia and China abstained from voting.

Here are the main points from Hamas's statement:

- The Security Council resolution does not rise to the level of the demands and rights of our Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip.

- The Security Council resolution imposes a regime of international guardianship over the Gaza Strip, which our people and its forces and factions reject.

- The Security Council resolution imposes a mechanism to achieve the goals of the occupation, which it failed to achieve through its barbaric extermination war.

- The Security Council resolution separates the Gaza Strip from the rest of the Palestinian geography and attempts to impose new realities.

- Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, removes its neutral status.

- Commissioning an international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, turns it into a party in the conflict in favor of the occupation.