Hamas says the US draft resolution risks replacing Israeli occupation with foreign trusteeship, while Israel seeks last-minute amendments before the Security Council vote.

Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said on Sunday that amendments introduced to the draft US resolution expected to be submitted to the UN Security Council do not contribute to stability in the Gaza Strip and instead risk replacing the Israeli occupation with what he described as “a different form of trusteeship”. 

Speaking to Al-Jazeera, Qassem emphasized that the proposed changes would grant non-Palestinian actors guardianship over Gaza’s internal governance and security, enabling foreign intervention in Palestinian affairs before any internal national arrangements are formed. 

He added that Washington is attempting to “appease various parties with non-binding wording,” while avoiding the core demand of securing enforceable guarantees for Palestinian rights.
According to Qassem, the alternative must be a Security Council resolution that reinforces the ceasefire and deploys an international peacekeeping force with a clear mandate: restraining the Israeli army, protecting civilians under siege in Gaza, and maintaining the ceasefire.

He reiterated that Hamas seeks a resolution that defends the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, prevents renewed aggression on Gaza, and ensures that the Israeli occupation cannot advance into the Strip, the West Bank, or occupied Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority revealed that Tel Aviv is exerting heavy last-minute pressure on the administration of US President Donald Trump to soften elements of the draft, particularly references to Palestinian self-determination and a multinational force in Gaza. 

The broadcaster reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle, along with senior foreign ministry officials, has been engaged in intensive talks with the White House and leaders of several Arab states to alter what Israel considers “dangerous and unpredictable” clauses.
The draft resolution, currently consisting of ten articles, outlines a transitional governance and security structure for Gaza. It states that once the Palestinian Authority implements institutional reforms, “conditions for a credible path” toward self-determination and a Palestinian state may emerge. 

The proposal would establish a multinational force operating in cooperation with Israel and Egypt to ensure post-war stability and replace both Hamas governance and the current Israeli military presence with a newly formed, trained, and vetted Palestinian police force to assume responsibility for security and borders. 

The plan is largely based on US strategic priorities and draws heavily from President Trump’s twenty-point plan for Gaza.

In a related development, Qassem confirmed that ongoing meetings between Hamas leaders and representatives of the US administration are significant because they allow the movement to present its position directly, rather than through what he described as an Israeli narrative that “consistently manipulated facts.”