Afrasianet - The United Nations Security Council on Monday evening New York time passed an amended US draft resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip, calling for its full implementation and the preservation of the ceasefire.

Thirteen members of the Security Council voted in favor of the draft resolution, while Russia and China abstained, with neither   veto.

What are the most prominent items of the American project adopted by the Security Council?

The Security Council resolution includes a number of provisions that provide a general administrative and security framework for the post-ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, particularly with regard to the establishment of a peace council and the establishment of an interim international force.

The main items of the resolution voted on by the Security Council are as follows:

•    UN Security Council Resolution 2803 adopts the Comprehensive Plan to End the Conflict in the Gaza Strip, known as US President Donald Trump 's 20-point plan to end the conflict in Gaza issued on September 29, 2025, and calls on the parties to fully implement it and maintain the ceasefire without delay.

•    The resolution welcomes the establishment of the Peace Council as a transitional administrative body with international legal personality to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza until the completion of the Palestinian Authority reform program, with the addition of a statement that the Council's work must be in line with the principles of international law.

•    The resolution suggests that completion of PA reform and progress in reconstruction could create the conditions for a path toward Palestinian self-determination and statehood, while opening a U.S. dialogue between the parties on the political horizon.

•    The resolution emphasizes the need to resume humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip in cooperation with the Peace Council, and to ensure that its use is limited to peaceful purposes.

•    The resolution authorizes the participating states and the Peace Council to establish operational entities with international powers to administer transitional governance, reconstruction, services, and aid, and to regulate the movement of entry and exit from the Gaza Strip.

•    The Security Council calls on the World Bank and financial institutions to support the reconstruction of Gaza and to establish a dedicated fund for this purpose.

•    The resolution authorizes the establishment of an Interim International Stabilization Force in the Gaza Strip to operate under a unified command accepted by the Peace Council, in coordination with Egypt andIsrael, and to use all necessary measures in accordance with international law to carry out its tasks.

•    Stipulates that the Stabilization Force will work to demilitarize Gaza, protect civilians, train Palestinian police, and help secure humanitarian corridors.

•    Under the resolution, ISAF will also assist the Peace Council in monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza, and concluding arrangements that may be necessary to achieve the objectives of the comprehensive plan.

•    The resolution states that as control progresses, IDF forces will withdraw according to agreed criteria and timetable.

•    The resolution sets the mandate of the Peace Council and the International Civil and Security Presence at the end of December 31, 2027, unless the Council decides otherwise.

•    The resolution calls on states and organizations to provide financial and logistical support to the Peace Council and the International Stabilization Force (ISF), and to submit a report to the Council every 6 months.

How did the members of the Security Council vote on the draft? Has he faced opposition or reservations?

Thirteen members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft resolution, while the Russian and Chinese delegates abstained.

After abstaining, Russian delegate Vassily Nebenzia said his country could not support the resolution that does not affirm the two-state solution, adding that this is "not a theoretical issue, but a very practical one, which is particularly important given that we have received unequivocal public statements from the highest levels of the Israeli leadership that it is unacceptable to establish a Palestinian state."

He added that the resolution appeared to allow the Peace Council and the International Stabilization Force to act with absolute independence "without any regard for the position or opinion" of the Palestinian Authority, which could entrench the separation of the Gaza Strip from the occupied West Bank .

He noted that this "reminds us of colonial practices and the British Mandate in the League  of Nations over Palestine when the opinion of the Palestinians themselves was not taken into account."

Nebenzia also raised questions about the mandate of the international force, which was not initially supposed to be involved in the disarmament of Gaza, which could turn it into "a party to the conflict beyond the boundaries of peacekeeping."

China's permanent representative to the United Nations, Fu Zhong, said after abstaining that the resolution sets out Gaza's post-war governance arrangements, "but Palestine seems to be completely absent from it, and Palestinian sovereignty and ownership are not fully reflected."

"It is particularly worrying that the draft resolution does not explicitly affirm the firm commitment to the two-state solution as an international consensus," he said, according to the UN website.

He stressed the need to respect the will of the Palestinian people for any post-war arrangements and to give full play to the vital role of the Palestinian National Authority.

Tsung stressed that the United Nations has extensive experience and capabilities in the field of post-conflict economic recovery and reconstruction, and should therefore play a vital role in the management of the Gaza Strip after the war, "but the draft resolution did not include any such arrangement."

What is the position of the Palestinian and Israeli parties on this decision?

The Palestinian Authority (PA) welcomed the adoption by the UN Security Council of the US draft resolution on Gaza, and affirmed its readiness to keep pace with the implementation and assume its full responsibilities.

In a statement, it also stressed the "need to work immediately to implement the UN resolution to ensure the return of normal life, protect our people in the Gaza Strip, prevent displacement, complete withdrawal of the occupation forces and reconstruction, stop undermining the two-state solution, and prevent annexation."

It expressed its full readiness to cooperate with the US administration, members of the Security Council, Arab and Islamic countries, the European Union and its member states, the United Nations, all parties to the international coalition and partners in the New York Declaration, in order to implement this resolution in a way that leads to ending the suffering of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and moving to the political track that leads to achieving peace, security and stability between the Palestinians and Israelis, in accordance with the two-state solution based on international law andinternational legitimacy.

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) criticized the UN resolution, stressing that it does not live up to the demands and political and humanitarian rights of the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip.

The movement added in a statement that the Security Council resolution imposes an international guardianship mechanism on the Gaza Strip, which the Palestinian people, its forces and factions reject, as well as imposes a mechanism to achieve the goals of the occupation that it failed to achieve through the brutal war of genocide.

According to the movement's statement, the Security Council resolution strips the Gaza Strip of the rest of the Palestinian geography and tries to impose new facts.

Hamas stressed that assigning the international force tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips the international force of its neutrality and turns it into a party in the conflict in favor of the occupation.

In turn, the Islamic Jihad movement announced  its rejection of the US draft resolution on Gaza, which was adopted by the UN Security Council last night, adding that it constitutes an international guardianship over the Strip.

The movement added in a statement that the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation by all legitimate means is a right guaranteed by international law, and the weapon of resistance is a guarantee of this right.

The statement condemned the transformation of humanitarian aid, relief for those affected and the opening of crossings from a humanitarian duty into a tool of political pressure or blackmail.

He stressed that imposing an American governing body at an international level on a part of the Palestinian people without their consent or consent is a violation of international humanitarian law.

Earlier, Palestinian factions and forces warned of the danger of the draft resolution, considering it an attempt to impose international guardianship over the Gaza Strip and pass a biased view of the occupation.

In a political note, the factions stressed that the wording of the resolution paves the way for external domination of the Palestinian national decision by transforming the administration of Gaza and reconstruction into an international body with broad powers, thus depriving the Palestinians of their right to manage their affairs.

It also stressed that any discussion on the arms file must remain an internal national affair linked to a political process that guarantees the end of the occupation, the establishment of a state and the achievement of self-determination.

In Israel's reactions to the Security Council resolution, Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman said that what happened last night at the United Nations is the result of a failed administration by the Israeli government, and that the face  of the Middle East is changing, but not in its favor.

He considered that the decision brought a Palestinian state, Saudi nuclear weapons and stealth planes to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, which is considered a liquidation deal for Israel's security.

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, said that the disarmament of Hamas is a prerequisite for the U.S. resolution voted on by the Security Council, asserting that there will be no future in Gaza as long as Hamas possesses weapons.

What role did the United States play in drafting and passing this bill?

The United States has been working for weeks to pass a new resolution on Gaza in the Security Council.

The United States has prepared the draft resolution for the international force based on Trump's 20-point plan to stop the war in the Gaza Strip, which is supposed to replace the Israeli occupation army as it enters the Gaza Strip and begins its work.

Amendments to the U.S. draft resolution were published for the third time last Thursday before it was voted on Monday evening in the Security Council.

This plan represents the most explicit U.S. version of the "Day After" plan in the Gaza Strip after two years of unrelenting Israeli brutal aggression.

What is the expected impact of the adoption of this project on the course of the war in Gaza?

The resolution seeks in theory, according to what has been said, to stabilize the ceasefire agreement, ease restrictions on relief aid to Gaza, and open a narrow horizon towards the establishment  of a Palestinian state, but many obstacles will stand in the way of implementing the provisions of the resolution.

The Palestinian resistance factions have repeatedly reiterated their refusal to disarm, and have stressed more than once that the surrender of their weapons is contingent on the establishment of a Palestinian state and the end of the occupation.

Israel or some of its political parties also have reservations about the provisions of the resolution on the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Prior to the adoption of the resolution by the Security Council, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that Trump's plan included uncomfortable  provisions for Tel Aviv, while Channel 13 said that fundamental differences still exist between the United States and Israel over moving forward with the implementation of the agreement.