"The UN resolution is the first step in a long road towards peace. That step was needed because we could not embark on anything else before we had a ceasefire."
"Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favour of the occupation, the militant group said."
"Any international force, if established, should only be present at the border to separate the forces and monitor the ceasefire, and it should be under full UN supervision and act solely in coordination with the Palestinian institutions, without the occupation having any role in this."
"A British diplomat said weapon decommissioning would be the most difficult part of the process and was only likely to take place in the context of a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza."
UN Security Council endorsed a US plan aiming to end the war in Gaza as an initial step toward peace and a ceasefire. Hamas rejected the plan, calling it a form of international guardianship and refusing cooperation, while rejecting requirements to decommission weapons. Arab states urged the US to specify the composition of the Palestinian technocratic committee, the leadership of the international stabilisation force (ISF), and the membership of the board of peace. Assigning internal security and disarmament roles to an international force was portrayed as compromising neutrality. Weapon decommissioning is expected to be the most difficult element and likely depends on a full Israeli withdrawal. Many Palestinians remain unhappy that the resolution only offers a conditional path to a unified Palestinian state.
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