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November 18, 2025 Peace and security
The UN Secretary-General welcomed the Security Council's adoption of a resolution establishing an International Stabilization Force in Gaza. He called it an important step toward "consolidating the ceasefire." Meanwhile, UN humanitarian agencies warn that many Palestinian children in the enclave will not be able to endure another harsh winter.
"We very much hope that peace initiatives will change the situation for the better," UNICEF spokesman Ricardo Pires told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.
"But again, the reality for children on the ground remains extremely tragic," he added.
Commenting on the Security Council resolution based on the US peace plan, Jens Laerke, a representative of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), noted that for now everything remains "at the level of hypotheses" and that the document lacks specifics.
A resolution supporting the Comprehensive Plan to End the Conflict in Gaza, announced by US President Donald Trump on September 29, was approved by 13 Security Council member states. China and Russia abstained.
The Peace Council and the Interim International Force
The resolution welcomes the creation of a transitional administration called the "Peace Council," reportedly headed by President Trump. This structure will coordinate reconstruction efforts in Gaza, including the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The plan also states that the United States will work with Arab and international partners to establish a temporary International Stabilization Force.
In a statement released by his press service last night, the UN Secretary-General called on all parties to the conflict to observe the ceasefire.
Guterres noted the "ongoing diplomatic efforts" of Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, the United States and other countries to resolve the crisis, stressing the importance of moving to the second phase of the US plan, which should lead to a political process to achieve a two-state solution "in accordance with previous UN resolutions."
Children in Gaza will have a hard time surviving the winter
Meanwhile, in Gaza, humanitarian organizations stressed on Tuesday that two years of devastating war between Hamas and Israel, coupled with a chronic shortage of humanitarian aid, have left the Strip's population in dire straits.
Heavy rains have fallen in the enclave in recent days, flooding the worn-out tents in which many families, displaced multiple times by the fighting, live, said Ricardo Pires, a representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
"We see heartbreaking examples: desperate families are distraught and exhausted, their tents flooded," he said. "For war-torn children, sleeping in soaked tents, without warm clothing or dry blankets, with weakened immune systems, winter becomes an extremely dangerous ordeal."
According to Pires, worsening weather conditions have increased the number of requests for medical care, especially among children weakened by malnutrition, hunger, injuries and repeated displacement.
He explained that since Israeli forces control more than 50 percent of the enclave's territory, many of the areas where Gazans are being resettled are located on the coast – and these are the areas most susceptible to flooding.
More aid arrives in Gaza
A UNICEF representative called for greater access to the sector for humanitarian convoys, recalling that this is “part of the peace agreements.”
According to OCHA, over 5,400 tons of aid, including shelter, medicine, and food, were delivered from Thursday to Sunday. With the opening of the Zikim crossing, three crossings are now operational in Gaza.
“More, much more [humanitarian aid] is needed,” Pires emphasized. “And we hope that with the new plan, this will become a reality for children and their families.”
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