The UN Security Council has approved a US-backed proposal that would deploy an international stabilisation force and establish a transitional administration for the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
The temporary structure would govern Gaza until an internationally recognised Palestinian government was ready to take over its control, the resolution said.
The resolution, which passed by 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining, creates a UN-mandated legal framework for a complex, multiphase transition of the enclave from the control of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has fought multiple wars with Israel, including this most recent one, which lasted more than two years.