The UN Security Council is scheduled to vote October 4 on a U.S.-drafted resolution authorizing an International Stabilization Force to support border security, demilitarization, and aid corridors in Gaza under the Board of Peace framework. Implementation of the broader ceasefire plan remains stalled over sequencing disputes between Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal, with Israel continuing to expand positions beyond the agreed “yellow line” and report ongoing violations. Negotiations have also been complicated by the approaching October 27 Israeli election and competing Russian draft language at the Security Council. These diplomatic and security developments directly shape trader assessments of whether foreign troops will deploy and under what mandate.