1 Israeli killed and 3 wounded in West Bank attack as UN approves Trump’s Gaza plan

JERUSALEM AP An Israeli was killed and three were wounded in an attack Tuesday at an intersection in the West Bank Israel s rescue system reported following a spate of settler attacks on Palestinians across the occupied territory The violence came a day after the U N Measure Council gave its backing to U S President Donald Trump s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza Hamas rejected the plan The Israeli military explained the ramming and stabbing attack took place at the busy Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem a site of several past attacks by Palestinian militants Israel s crisis rescue services disclosed a -year-old man died of stab wounds Three others were hospitalized including a woman in serious condition and a teenager in moderate condition It was not this instant clear who carried out the attack or how multiple assailants participated Settler violence has flared in the West Bank In the latest attack Monday Israeli settlers rampaged through the Palestinian village of al-Jab a torching homes and cars The violence drew a rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top leaders Israel s military sent soldiers and police to the village Monday after reports of fires and vandalism Hours earlier Monday clashes erupted between Israeli precaution forces and settlers defending an unauthorized outpost on a nearby hill facing evacuation and demolition on Monday according to COGAT the Israeli military body that deals with civilians in the West Bank Israeli police mentioned earlier that six persons were arrested in confrontations during the demolitions with dozens of settlers were entrenched and throwing stones and metal bars and burning tires Netanyahu and Hamas react to UN vote Netanyahu on Tuesday applauded the U N approval of Trump s plan for postwar Gaza We believe that President Trump s plan will lead to peace and prosperity because it insists upon full demilitarization disarmament and the deradicalization of Gaza Netanyahu s office wrote on X The resolution provides a wide mandate for an international force to provide defense in war-devastated Gaza approves a transitional authority called the Board of Peace to be overseen by Trump and envisions a accomplishable future path to an independent Palestinian state The plan calls for the stabilization force to ensure the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups It authorizes the force to use all necessary measures to carry out its mandate in compliance with international law which is U N language for the use of military force Hamas stated Monday that the force s mandate including disarmament strips it of its neutrality and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation It declared the resolution did not meet the level of our Palestinian people s political and humanitarian demands and rights Hamas demanded that any international force be under U N supervision deploy only at Gaza s borders to monitor the ceasefire and operate exclusively with Palestinian institutions Palestinian Authority welcomes resolution after statehood is included The Palestinian Authority welcomed the resolution and noted it was ready to instantly implement it in cooperation with the U S the U N and other Arab and European states Palestinians largely view the PA which governs semiautonomous zones in the Israeli-occupied West Bank as weak and corrupt The authority s protection coordination with Israel is extremely unpopular and multiple Palestinians see it as a subcontractor of the occupation The U N vote came about following nearly two weeks of negotiations when Arab nations and the Palestinians pressed the United States to strengthen language about Palestinian self-determination The proposal still gives no timeline or guarantee for an independent state only saying it s viable after advances in the reconstruction of Gaza and reforms of the Palestinian Authority The U S revised the resolution to say that after those efforts the conditions may absolutely be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood The United States will establish a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for peaceful and prosperous coexistence it adds Resolution gains encouragement from Muslim-majority and Arab countries A key to the resolution s adoption was promotion from Arab and other Muslim nations that had been critical for the ceasefire and potentially could contribute to the international force The U S mission to the United Nations distributed a joint announcement Friday with Qatar Egypt the United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Indonesia Pakistan Jordan and Turkey calling for swift adoption of the U S proposal Both Indonesia the world s bulk populous Muslim-majority nation and Turkey stated they would work toward a two-state resolution which Netanyahu has opposed Turkish officers have previously mentioned Turkey is ready to contribute to an international force in Gaza despite Israeli opposition to a Turkish presence The vote shores up hopes that Gaza s fragile ceasefire will be maintained following a war set off by Hamas surprise attack on southern Israel on Oct which killed about people Israel s offensive has killed over Palestinians according to the Gaza Wellbeing Ministry which doesn t distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority are women and children U K Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper reported Tuesday that the international society needed to work together to take forward the point plan and to turn it into a just and lasting peace Cooper called for urgent action to open all the crossings lift restrictions and flood Gaza with aid What else the US proposal says Trump commented the members of the Board of Peace will be named in the coming weeks along with several more exciting announcements The plan calls for the stabilization troops to secure Gaza perimeter areas along with a Palestinian police force that they have trained and vetted The force will coordinate with other countries to secure the flow of humanitarian assistance and should closely consult and cooperate with neighboring Egypt and Israel As the international force establishes control the resolution says Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza based on standards milestones and time frames linked to demilitarization These must be agreed to by the stabilization force Israeli forces the U S and the guarantors of the ceasefire it says