The UN Security Council on Monday voted to adopt a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza and authorising an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.

Hamas rulers said they rejected UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed

Trump hails UN Security Council vote for his Gaza peace plan

Unlike previous drafts, the latest version mentions a possible future Palestinian state

At least three Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza yesterday, a source at the Nasser Medical Complex said.

Israeli air raids yesterday struck eastern and southern Gaza City, killing two Palestinians, including a child, as attacks continued in the occupied West Bank.

Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza will not surrender to Israel, the group’s armed wing said yesterday, urging mediators to find a solution to a crisis that threatens the month-old ceasefire.

Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during October, marking the biggest monthly total since United Nations officials began tracking such incidents in 2006, the UN said.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he expects a US-coordinated international stabilization force to be on the ground in Gaza “very soon,” following two years of war in the territory between Israel and Hamas.

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) yesterday warned that most of its facilities in Gaza City have “sustained heavy damage” from two years of Israeli attacks.

No date has been set to vote on the draft.

The United States has drafted a United Nations resolution that approves a two-year mandate for a Gaza transitional governance body and an international stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave, according to the text seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday warned against violations of the ceasefire in Gaza that halted two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory.

An Israeli airstrike killed a Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip yesterday, health authorities said, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for daily violations of a fragile truce that has largely halted two years of war.

Israel launched the war after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel in October 2023

Israel yesterday said that three bodies it received from Gaza the night before were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.

Israeli warplanes and artillery continued to strike Khan Younis in southern Gaza yesterday, killing three people despite Israel’s claim that it rejoined the ceasefire two days earlier.

Israeli planes and tanks pounded areas in eastern Gaza yesterday, Palestinian residents and witnesses said, a day after Israel said it remained committed to a US-backed ceasefire despite launching more lethal bombardments in the territory.

More than 24,000 tons of UN aid has reached Gaza since the start of a ceasefire earlier this month, a UN official said on Thursday while calling for NGOs to be allowed to assist in its distribution

Israel said it struck an arms stockpile in Gaza yesterday, hours after the deadliest night of bombing since the start of a US-brokered truce, which killed at least 104 people across the Palestinian territory, warning it would continue to operate to take out perceived threats.