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Saturday, October 25, 2025
Rubio says US ‘working on outline’ of UN resolution authorizing Gaza peacekeeping force
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says US officials are getting input on a possible UN resolution or international agreement to authorize a multinational force in Gaza and will discuss the issue in Qatar on Sunday.
“Many of the countries that have expressed an interest in participating at some level, whether it be monetary or personnel or both, are going to need that (a UN resolution or international agreement) because their domestic laws require it,” Rubio tells reporters traveling on his plane between Israel and Qatar en route to Asia.
“So we have a whole team working on that outline of it.”
Separately, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott says Rubio spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier today.
The call, he says, discussed “our collective effort to implement President Trump’s Comprehensive Plan to End the Conflict in Gaza,” and “affirmed the strategic relationship between the US and Israel.”
According to the Israeli readout of the call, Netanyahu and Rubio discussed the American diplomat’s trip to Israel.
Netanyahu thanked Rubio for his support and commitment to the US-Israel relationship and invited him to return.
According to Netanyahu’s office, they both stressed their commitment to continue “close cooperation in promoting the common interests and values that unite the United States and Israel—first and foremost, the return of the fallen hostages, as well as the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.”
The Times of Israel Community.