The United Nations Security Council voted Monday evening to approve President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, a major diplomatic victory providing an international mandate to rebuild the Gaza Strip following two years of conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace told OSV News he was heartened by a United Nations move to approve President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip by installing international transitional governance and military forces there.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges Middle Eastern nations to back Israel against Hamas after the U.N. adopts President Donald Trump’s peace plan.

The United States’ plan to keep the peace in Gaza and rebuild the war-torn territory took another step forward on Monday after it won approval with the U.N.

But it remains only a vague nod. It states that if the Palestinian Authority “faithfully” carries out reforms and if Gaza redevelopment advances, “conditions may finally be in place for a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.”

The United Nations' Security Council on Monday approved President Donald Trump's plan for ending the war between Israel and Hamas, and thereby establishing peace in Gaza. Trump announced the 20-point peace plan last month,