Palestinian Authority welcomes US Gaza resolution as Hamas denounces it

The Palestinian Authority has welcomed the US-sponsored resolution on Gaza, casting it as a step towards easing the suffering caused by Israel’s genocide.

In remarks published by Wafa, the PA said the document “affirms the establishment of a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian assistance and the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state”.

The Ramallah-based authority added that it stands in “full readiness to cooperate” with both the Trump administration and the UN to “ensure the implementation of this resolution in a way that ends the suffering of our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem”.

The response contrasts sharply with Hamas and Craig Mokhiber, a former senior UN human rights official who have has rejected the resolution outright. The Hamas movement said the text fails to meet core Palestinian demands and warned that the plan to deploy an international force tasked with disarming resistance groups “strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favour of the occupation”.