Overview
- Resolution 2803 passed with 13 votes in favor and abstentions from Russia and China, endorsing a Board of Peace and authorizing an International Stabilization Force for Gaza through demilitarization and peace-enforcement tasks.
- Hamas and Islamic Jihad rejected the measure as an imposed guardianship and warned any foreign force entering Gaza without public consent would be treated as an occupying power.
- Iran’s Foreign Ministry and its UN ambassador condemned the resolution for undermining Palestinian self-determination and urged strict UN oversight and accountability for alleged crimes in Gaza.
- Russia criticized the text for sidelining the UN Secretariat and the Palestinian Authority and for avoiding obligations on Israel as the occupying power.
- No country has publicly committed troops to the ISF, with Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE refusing participation, conditional interest expressed by a handful of states, and Israel saying it will not allow Turkish forces to deploy.