Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the United Nations Security Council's (UNSC) vote to implement US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, thanking Trump and his team for their efforts to secure the deal, the Prime Minister's Office posted to X/Twitter on Tuesday morning.
"The State of Israel and PM Netanyahu applaud President [Donald Trump] and his tireless and devoted team," the post read. "The courage and sacrifice of our brave soldiers, along with President Trump’s diplomatic efforts, helped bring home all of the living hostages and most of the deceased ones."
"We believe that President Trump‘s plan will lead to peace and prosperity because it insists upon full demilitarization, disarmament, and the deradicalization of Gaza," including, the PMO added, receiving the remains of the deceased hostages left in Gaza "with no delay."
The PMO also stated that it believes that Trump's Gaza deal "will lead to further integration of Israel and its neighbors as well as expansion of the Abraham Accords" and a "lasting alliance with the United States."
"Israel extends its hand in peace and prosperity to all of our neighbors and calls on them to normalize relations with Israel and join us in expelling Hamas and its supporters from the region," the PMO's post concluded.
"Under American pressure, Netanyahu announced this morning that he accepts the Security Council's decision, which includes the principle of 'unification of the fronts,'" Opposition leader Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) responded to the PMO's statement in his own post to X/Twitter.
Lapid went on, calling Netanyahu's "blind eye" to Hamas arming itself over the years a "terrible strategic mistake, and it's good that the Americans put an end to it."
"The most right-wing government in the state's history is officially abandoning annexation and defining principles for cooperation with the Palestinian Authority."
UN Security Council passes Trump's Gaza plan resolution
Later, the UNSC voted on Monday night in support of Trump's Gaza peace plan and in favor of a UN mandate to establish the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is expected to be deployed to the Gaza Strip.
Of the 15 UNSC members, 13 voted in favor of the proposal, while Russia and China abstained.
US President Donald Trump praised the passing of the resolution as something that "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," in a post on Truth Social following the vote on Monday.
"Congratulations to the World on the incredible Vote of the United Nations Security Council, just moments ago, acknowledging and endorsing the BOARD OF PEACE, which will be chaired by me, and include the most powerful and respected Leaders throughout the World," Trump wrote.
James Genn and Reuters contributed to this report.