New Draft Of UN DK Resolution For Gaza Stabilization Troops Is Being Developed

Illustration of the UN Security Council meeting. (Twitter/@UN_News_Centre)

JAKARTA - Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said a new draft of the United Nations Security Council (UN) resolution for the International Stabilization Forces (ISF) in the Gaza Strip, Palestine is being drafted by officials in New York, United States.

"In New York, a new draft is being prepared," Foreign Minister Abdelatty told a news conference with her Turkish partner, Hakan Fidan in Ankara, as reported by The National November 13.

"Certain units will be formed and their mandate needs to be explained clearly. We need to perfect these details to protect the rights of the Palestinian people," he said.

However, Foreign Minister Abdelatty did not specify whether the new draft was entirely different from the version circulated last week by the US, which would pass a two-year mandate for the transitional government in Gaza and international forces to oversee security and demilitarization.

"This is a complicated process, and it is clear that this plan must be implemented," he said.

The troop mandate must be "very clear," he said.

Together with Qatar and the United States, Turkey and Egypt were intermediaries for the October 10 ceasefire in Gaza and the exchange of hostages with detainees. Both are part of the first phase of US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the war-torn enclave.

The second phase stipulates the deployment of international troops in Gaza to maintain security and ultimately train Palestinian troops.

The troop mandate will be given through a vote on the UN Security Council. However, improving the details of the acceptable resolutions of all parties appears to be sensitive and complicated issues.

Israel is known to oppose Turkey's participation in proposed international forces.

"You will only be able to see Gaza through binoculars," Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, wrote in a social media post addressed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday.

Egypt insists Turkey is included in the ISF, according to sources familiar with the discussion of President Trump's plans. Cairo hopes that President Trump, who has repeatedly praised President Erdogan's leadership, will persuade Israel to accept Turkey's contribution to the force.

Foreign Minister Fidan said he had discussed the issue of a Gaza ceasefire with US officials during his visit to Washington this week.

"We discussed the ceasefire process in Gaza. There are several issues to come," he said.

"We also discussed how we can overcome these problems so that the ceasefire process is more resilient," he added.