Ambassadors and representatives to the United Nations vote during a U.N. Security Council meeting on a U.S. resolution on the Gaza peace plan at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Nov. 17, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The U.N. Security Council on Nov. 17 approved a U.S.-drafted resolution that endorses President Donald Trump’s Gaza cease-fire plan, a central component of Washington’s push to end the two-year conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group.
Trump congratulated the U.N. on the vote in a post on Truth Social.
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