US presents draft for international Gaza security force mandate to UN Security Council

The United States recently distributed to the UN Security Council a draft resolution for the International Stabilization Force's (ISF) mandate to operate in the Gaza Strip.

The resolution, titled a “Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” calls for the stabilization force to work in securing the borders of the Gaza Strip, ensuring the demilitarization of the Palestinian Factions, and preventing the rebuilding of terror or offensive military infrastructure.

The draft resolution says the ISF will “stabilize the security environment in Gaza by ensuring the process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of rebuilding of military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, as well as the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups.” 

The ISF would also oversee security for humanitarian aid distribution, protect humanitarian corridors, protect civilians, and provide training for approved Palestinian police forces in the enclave. 

The U.S. is expected to formally submit the draft resolution to the Security Council in the coming days in order to try to have the ISF established by the end of the year.

According to the draft resolution, the ISF would receive a mission for around two years, until December 2027, although this could be extended through a future decision by the Security Council. 

According to the resolution, the ISF will operate “in close consultation and cooperation with Egypt and Israel.”

As both countries border the Gaza Strip, any renewal or modification to the force’s mandate would require consultation with Israel and Egypt. A report by Axios said the U.S. would like to see the deployment of ISF troops by January 2026.  

Notably, the resolution does not invoke Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which sets out the Security Council’s authority to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military or nonmilitary action to "restore international peace and security.” 

Thus, if approved, the force would not have the same mandate as the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). This is believed to be due to Israeli rejection of such a force in Gaza, following the experiences with UNIFIL in the conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon. 

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The resolution also calls for the establishment of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, granting it the powers of “a transitional governance administration with international legal personality [personnel] that will set the framework and coordinate funding for the redevelopment of Gaza pursuant to the Comprehensive Plan, until such time as the Palestinian Authority has satisfactorily completed its reform program.” 

The Board of Peace would also oversee the management of humanitarian aid distribution in the Strip as part of its management of civil affairs and reconstruction efforts.

In this role, the Board of Peace would also regulate movement in and out of Gaza, in cooperation with Israel and Egypt.