Hamas has sharply criticised a U.S.-supported draft resolution before the UN Security Council, accusing Washington and its allies of seeking to impose an international trusteeship over the Gaza Strip.
The draft, currently under discussion in New York, outlines plans for an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) and proposes shifting aspects of Gaza’s governance and reconstruction to an international body. Hamas, along with other Palestinian factions, warned on Monday that such an arrangement threatened Palestinian autonomy.
“This proposal opens the door to foreign control over Palestinian national decision-making by assigning Gaza’s administration and reconstruction to a supranational entity,” the group said. The move, it added, would grant broad powers to an external institution “that deprives Palestinians of their right to run their own affairs.”
Hamas stressed that humanitarian support should be coordinated through established Palestinian agencies and overseen by the United Nations, insisting that assistance must not “marginalise Palestinian institutions.” The group again rejected any clause calling for Gaza’s disarmament.
The Security Council is meeting to review developments in the region more than a month after a ceasefire came into effect, ending over two years of war in Gaza. The U.S. resolution is expected to feature prominently in the discussions.
Regional states—among them Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE, Pakistan and Turkey—have expressed support for the U.S. initiative. Western governments are pushing for the plan to receive a formal mandate from the Security Council.
Alongside disarming Hamas, the proposal envisions a second phase in which an international military force would help stabilise Gaza and establish a temporary administration made up of Palestinian technocrats.
