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Monday, November 17, 2025
Hamas rejects ‘dangerous’ US proposal at UN for Gaza stabilization force
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
In a statement published overnight by Hamas on behalf of the Palestinian factions — the terror groups operating in the Gaza Strip, led by Hamas — says that the resolution submitted by the US to the UN Security Council is “dangerous” and “an attempt to subject the Gaza Strip to international authority.”
The statement says the Palestinian factions reject any clause relating to the disarmament of Gaza or harming “the Palestinian people’s right to resistance.”
The statement also rejects any foreign military presence inside the Gaza Strip, saying it would constitute a violation of Palestinian sovereignty.
“Any international force must be directly subordinate to the UN and work in coordination with the official Palestinian institutions, without the participation of the occupation,” it says.
The UN will vote later today on the resolution endorsing US President Donald Trump’s comprehensive Gaza ceasefire plan, which will deliver Gaza to an International Stabilization Force (ISF) and an apolitical Palestinian administration overseen by a Trump-chaired Board of Peace.
Under the plan, Gaza is to be demilitarized and rebuilt, although Hamas has so far refused to agree on the matter of demilitarization.
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