Overview
- The Security Council is scheduled to vote today on a resolution that seeks to move Gaza beyond a fragile truce toward a two-year international administration and reconstruction effort, according to a draft obtained by CNN.
- The proposal would establish a Peace Board to run Gaza for two years with support from a temporary International Stabilization Force and a Palestinian police trained in Egypt to oversee disarmament and rebuilding.
- Russia has floated an alternative plan and the draft could face vetoes from permanent members such as Russia or China, while diplomats describe the text as thin on timing and authority.
- No nation has committed troops for the stabilization force, the United States is not expected to deploy ground units, and an Israeli official told CNN Washington is weighing reconstruction before disarmament as Israel reiterates that Hamas must be stripped of weapons.
- Conditions on the ground remain dire with large-scale displacement, storm-damaged makeshift shelters, shortages of electricity and potable water, and reports that prefabricated housing remains held up across the Egyptian border.