The UN Security Council has approved a US plan for Gaza. Photo: EPA PHOTO

The UN Security Council has approved a US plan for Gaza that authorises an international stabilisation force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state.

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Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained along with China on the 13-0 vote on Monday.

The US and other countries had hoped Moscow would not use its veto power on the United Nations' most powerful body to block the resolution's adoption.

The UN passed the plan whic

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