Israel's prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu attends a plenary session at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on November 10th. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

The United Nations security council approved a resolution backing US president Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan late on Monday night, in a move the US said would help bolster the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas.

The top decision-making body at the United Nations saw 13 votes Monday in support of the US-led proposal, with Russia and China abstaining.

The resolution authorises a multinational security force to be deployed to G

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