The United Nations Security Council voted Monday evening to approve President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, a major diplomatic victory providing an international mandate to rebuild the Gaza Strip following two years of conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international support for U.S. efforts to move the devastated territory toward peace following two years of war.

The war has battered Gaza so much that it would take up to $70 billion over decades —with 22 years just to remove the rubble— to rebuild it, according to a joint estimate by the United Nations (UN), World Bank,

World / The resolution is not only a possible violation of UN rules, it also makes the administration directly responsible for Palestinian oppression. Phyllis Bennis The United Nations Security Council resolution passed on November 17 may be in complete violation of the UN’s own rules.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday applauded the United Nations' approval of the Trump administration’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza, while Hamas rejected the plan as a foreign instrument of control.

Security Council for approving a U.S.-based plan to rebuild Gaza on Monday. The 15-member council voted 13-0 in favor of the resolution, with Russia and China abstaining. “Congratulations to the World on the incredible Vote of the United Nations Security Council,

Gaza’s economy, society and basic infrastructure have been almost entirely wiped out. With 90 per cent of people displaced, food systems destroyed and schools and hospitals in ruins, reconstruction is becoming harder by the day.

For the longer-term prospects for peace in the decades-old conflict, nevertheless, this signals deep troubles ahead.

Guyana has welcomed the adoption by the United Nations (UN) Security Council of a resolution endorsing President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza. “As a matter of principle, Guyana voted in favour of the resolution,

UNCTAD reports Gaza's economy has collapsed, with all residents plunged into poverty amid unprecedented humanitarian and fiscal crises.