UN backs Trump’s Gaza peace plan after Russian abstention

It also established the Board of Peace to oversee the agreement and recognised the legitimacy of a temporary technocratic government in Gaza, though both are yet to be staffed.

The resolution was drafted by US officials over the past few weeks, in consultation with regional allies and other council members.

It was briefly endangered last week when Russia advanced its own equivalent, but this was later withdrawn.

Washington reportedly convinced Russia and fellow veto holder China to abstain.

Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed the result of the vote, saying: “[This plan] will lead to peace and prosperity because it insists upon full demilitarisation, disarmament, and the deradicalisation of Gaza.”

He added that the US’ wider diplomatic push in the region would also “lead to further integration of Israel and its neighbours as well as expansion of Abraham Accords”.

“Israel extends its hand in peace and prosperity to all of our neighbors and calls on them to normalise relations with Israel and join us in expelling Hamas and its supporters from the region,” he went on.

However, the resolution has faced some opposition within Israel over the its apparent inclination towards Palestinian statehood.

The 20-point plan, incorporated into the resolution, states that, following its implementation, "the conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood".

A joint statement from the US and several regional allies over the weekend went further still, saying that there would be such a pathway once the peace process is completed.

And the resolution adds: "The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous co-existence."

The prospect of Palestinian statehood has been repeatedly ruled out by Netanyahu.

And, responding to the resolution, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich pledged to withdraw his Religious Zionism faction from the coalition if statehood is advanced.

Likewise, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the arrest of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and the assassination of several PA officials if the UN backed such a move.

Hamas has also opposed the plan, calling it “dangerous” and claiming that the Board of Peace amounts to an “international guardianship mechanism” being forced upon Gaza.

"Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation,” said a spokesperson for the group.