Overview
- The United States has formally circulated a Security Council draft to establish an International Security Force in Gaza through 2027, with an initial deployment targeted for January.
- Governance and reconstruction would be coordinated by a Trump-chaired Board of Peace granted transitional administrative powers until Palestinian Authority reforms are completed.
- A U.S. official says the mission is defined as control and stabilization rather than classical peacekeeping.
- The draft mandates securing Gaza’s borders with Israel and Egypt, protecting civilians and humanitarian corridors, training a new Palestinian police and enforcing the demilitarization of Hamas.
- The text cites possible contributors including Indonesia, Egypt, Azerbaijan and Turkey, sets a vote within weeks, and comes as the U.N. chief warns over ceasefire violations and reports note large settler entries at Al-Aqsa.