UNITED NATIONS, United States — The UN Security Council voted Monday in favor of a US resolution bolstering Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.

 

There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which Washington heralded after the vote as "historic and constructive," with Russia and China abstaining and no vetoes.

 

Gaza's Hamas rulers said that Monday's UN resolution which allows for an international force to be deployed in the territory failed to respect Palestinians' "demands and rights".

 

"This resolution does not meet the level of our Palestinian people's political and humanitarian demands and rights," the Islamist militant group said in a statement.