Report: US Seeks UN Approval for an International ‘Enforcement Force’ To Deploy to Gaza

The US has circulated a draft resolution with several UN Security Council members that would establish an international force in Gaza that would have a mandate of at least two years, Axios reported on Monday.

A US official speaking to Axios said that the International Security Force (ISF) would be an “enforcement force and not a peacekeeping force.” The resolution would give the US and other participating countries the authority to govern Gaza and be responsible for security in the Strip through the end of 2027, with the possibility of extending the mission.

The resolution states that the ISF would “stabilize the security environment in Gaza by ensuring the process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of rebuilding of military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, as well as the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups.”

The Axios report notes that the language could mean the ISF will be tasked with disarming Hamas if the group doesn’t do so voluntarily. At this point, it remains unclear which countries will send troops, but reports say Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Turkey are willing to, though they may not want to sign up for fighting Hamas.

Under the resolution, the ISF will be overseen by the so-called “Board of Peace,” a body that will be chaired by President Trump. The resolution says that the Board of Peace will be “supervising and supporting a Palestinian technocratic, apolitical committee of competent Palestinians from the Strip … which shall be responsible for day-to-day operations of Gaza’s civil service and administration.”