Trump Gaza plan: UN security council to vote on resolution to set up international stabilisation force – live

US-drafted resolution also includes reference to a future Palestinian state as US president’s plan would include international security force deploymentNow that the first phase of Trump’s plan – the return of hostages and exchange of prisoners – has been completed, this UN vote is crucial to the implementation of phase two.The resolution is “critical” to this phase is because it “gives legitimacy and a mandate” for the deployment of the International Stabilisation Force (ISF), says Urban Coningham, an analyst with the London-based Royal United Services Institute defence and security think tank.This gives the ISF legal precedent as well as a sense of security for countries that contribute to the ISF and to humanitarian assistance.Without the ISF, it is very difficult for aid to be delivered and distributed in the strip, as well as for reconstruction efforts by the Board of Peace to begin. So this is a necessary first step before