Rubio says US optimistic UN will back international stability force in Gaza

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said that he was optimistic that the UN Security Council would pass a resolution on Gaza supporting the deployment of an international stability force, Anadolu news agency reported. 

"We are making good progress in drafting the resolution, and we hope to take action on it very soon," Rubio told reporters after the G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Canada. 

"Deploying an international force in the Palestinian territory is crucial to allowing more aid to enter and to marginalise Hamas," he added.