Last night, the United States of America appealed to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to support the three-phase plan announced by US President Joseph Biden in order to end the war in Gaza, release all hostages and send large amounts of aid to the devastated territory.
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the US shared the draft resolution with other members of the Security Council to support ending the conflict that began with a surprise attack by Hamas on October 7 last year in southern Israel, which killed about 1.200 people, mostly civilians.
"Numerous leaders and governments, including those in the region, supported that plan and we call on the Security Council to join them in calling for the implementation of that agreement without delay and without further conditions," the ambassador said in a statement.
A draft resolution obtained by the AP agency welcomes the agreement announced by Biden on May 31 and calls on Hamas to "accept it in full and fulfill its terms without delay and without conditions."
Hamas has already announced that it views the proposal positively. The draft does not mention Israel's acceptance of the agreement.
When Biden announced the deal proposal, he called it Israel's offer that included a sustainable cease-fire and withdrawal from Gaza, if Hamas released all the hostages it held.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his "hardliners" partners in the government that the proposal announced by Biden would achieve Israel's goal of destroying Hamas, local media reported.
Ultranationalists have threatened to topple Netanyahu's government if it agrees to a deal that "does not completely eliminate" Hamas.
On Monday, Netanyahu told the parliamentary committee on foreign policy and security that Biden offered a draft of the agreement, but did not present all the details, assessing that there is a gap between the Israeli version of the agreement and the one presented by the American leader.
Biden announced that the first phase of the proposed deal would last six weeks and include a "complete ceasefire", the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza's populated areas and the release of some hostages including women, the elderly and the wounded in exchange for the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
At that stage, the American hostages would be released and the remains of the murdered hostages would be returned to their families.
Humanitarian aid would increase and 600 trucks would enter Gaza every day.
In the second phase, the remaining living hostages, including the soldiers, would be released and Israeli forces would withdraw from Gaza.
Biden said that if Hamas fulfilled its obligations, the ceasefire would become a "permanent cessation of hostilities."
In the third phase, the plan announced by Biden calls for the reconstruction of Gaza, which is expected to take decades.
The draft resolution stresses the importance of Israel and Hamas adhering to the agreement once they agree to it for a permanent cessation of hostilities and calls on member states and the UN to support implementation.
It also reiterates unwavering support for a two-state solution to the conflict and the importance of a unified Gaza Strip and West Bank under the Palestinian Authority.
The American ambassador assessed that the members of the Security Council, a total of 15 countries, should not miss this opportunity.
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