What does Trump's Gaza peace plan look like?

Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza has got the UN Security Council's stamp of approval after it passed a US-drafted resolution supporting the proposal. 

But what exactly does his 20-point vision include?

Here are some of the key clauses, what Sky News correspondents make of them and what is expected to happen next.

What has been agreed so far?

Hamas and Israel agreed to the first phase on 9 October, with the deal coming into force the following day. Since then, Hamas has released all 20 surviving hostages who were being held in Gaza.

Hamas also agreed to hand over the remains of another 28 people kidnapped on 7 October 2023 in exchange for 360 Palestinian militants killed in the war.

The remains of the last three hostages are yet to be returned, and Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of violating the truce by stalling in handing over bodies - while Hamas argued the delay was due to a lack of equipment to sift through the rubble.

What is the longer-term plan?

The first two points of the peace plan say Gaza will become "a deradicalised terror-free zone" and "redeveloped for the benefit of" the enclave's people - but the role they'll have is unclear, said US correspondent Mark Stone.

"Beyond Hamas, there is no defined role for the Palestinians beyond vague assurances that they can take over once reform has taken place," he explained.

What's clear is that Hamas would have to agree to full disarmament and complete removal from the administration of Gaza - something Stone said would "amount to suicide for their movement".

Middle East correspondent Adam Parsons said Hamas "must surely have been given strong assurances that, even at some level, its demands for Palestinian self-determination would bear fruit".

It remains unclear how much progress has been made on Hamas's potential disarmament. The group has repeatedly refused this prospect in the past, but Israel insists it must happen.

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What are the other key points?

Some of the other significant guarantees include a promise that nobody will be forced to leave the Gaza Strip, and that Israel will not occupy or annex Gaza.

The document also states that full aid will "proceed without interference […] through the UN, its agencies, the Red Crescent and other international institutions".

In terms of security, the plan states that the US will work with international partners to create the International Stabilisation Force - or ISF - which will train Palestinian police forces with the aim of them becoming the long-term internal solution to security.

Tony Blair could join the 'Board of Peace'

The plan states that a temporary governing board will be put in charge of Gaza - and just one person has so far been touted to join Donald Trump on what he's calling the Board of Peace: Sir Tony Blair.

Chief political correspondent Jon Craig said his involvement was "controversial but not a surprise".

"Sir Tony Blair has been one of the key architects of this peace plan," he said. "It's a Blair blueprint to a large extent, he went to the White House to discuss it in August."

Sir Tony "gets on well" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he added. The former British prime minister's experience in the Middle East goes back nearly 30 years and in the 1990s he was involved in talks with then Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

"From President Trump's point of view, and indeed Benjamin Netanyahu's, it makes sense because [Blair] is an experienced negotiator and go-between power broker in the Middle East," Craig said.

UN approval

In a crucial step forward, the United Nations Security Council voted 13-0 to endorse Mr Trump's 20-point plan. It signifies that the international community supports US efforts to provide security and stability in Gaza.

Marking the event, Mr Trump wrote on social media on 18 November: "This will go down as one of the biggest approvals in the history of the United Nations, will lead to further peace all over the world, and is a moment of true historic proportion!"

Key to the plan's adoption was support from Arab and Muslim nations. Russia, which had circulated an alternative resolution plan, abstained from the vote, along with China.

While the Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank, welcomed the resolution, Hamas claimed the proposal "falls far short of the political and humanitarian demands and rights of our Palestinian people".

The group said that "assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favour of the occupation".

What we still don't know

Adam Parsons said, in practice, the UN vote means some kind of stabilisation force can be put in place in Gaza - but there are still many questions that remain unanswered.

"We don't know which troops will be in [the stabilisation force]. We know it won't be Americans, won't be British. It's probably going to be people from this region [the Middle East], but it will be done under the umbrella, certainly, of this Board of Peace," he said.

"We know that that force will safeguard humanitarian aid, will safeguard the population, but will also try to do something to disarm Hamas."

The proposal also gives no timeline or guarantee for an independent Palestinian state - a demand that European and Arab states have repeatedly said they want included in any peace deals.

Language in the US proposal about statehood was strengthened following pressure from Arab nations and Palestinians, but still only alludes to the possibility of a two-state solution after advances in the reconstruction of Gaza and reforms of the Palestinian Authority.

However, this is vehemently opposed by Israel's Mr Netanyahu, who has vowed to try and block any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, and has also pledged to demilitarise Gaza "the easy way or the hard way".

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