Overview
- The United States formally circulated a draft resolution that would authorize a two-year International Stabilization Force empowered to use all necessary measures and create a transitional Board of Peace.
- The proposed mission would coordinate with Israel, Egypt and a newly trained vetted Palestinian police service, with a mandate to secure civilians and advance demilitarization including disarming Hamas, according to a senior U.S. official.
- The force is shaping up to roughly 20,000 troops as Washington seeks contributors from Indonesia, the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Azerbaijan, while ruling out U.S. combat troops and facing Israeli objections to Turkish participation.
- The text outlines a donor-governed trust fund via the World Bank to finance reconstruction and envisions transitional governance until Palestinian Authority reforms are completed.
- Hamas signaled opposition to any foreign deployment in Gaza, Security Council negotiations are expected to run for weeks before a vote, and about 200 U.S. personnel are already supporting planning from a coordination center in Israel.