Gaza ceasefire strains under new strikes and a disarmament deadlock
The Board of Peace's Gaza representative, Nickolay Mladenov, warned the UN Security Council that a ceasefire collapse would take the region past a point of no return. As Israel rejected the disarmament roadmap, medics and local media reported at least three Palestinians killed in separate Israeli attacks. Israel Katz's renewed threat to clear areas where kites or balloons are flown added further pressure to the ceasefire on the ground.
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Mladenov warned of a final threshold for the ceasefire
Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace's high representative for Gaza, told the UN Security Council that collapse of the ceasefire begun last October would be a point of no return for the region. He criticised continuing Israeli air strikes and Hamas's failure to end its military activity. His warning followed Israel's rejection of the Board's 15-point roadmap for disarming Hamas. Israel's representative said the country remained committed to the October plan but argued it could not advance while Hamas retained military infrastructure.[1]
Three Palestinians were killed in separate attacks
Medics and local media reported that at least three Palestinians were killed in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. A source at Al-Shifa Hospital said a tent sheltering displaced people west of Gaza City was hit. Wafa reported drone strikes on another tent in western Khan Younis and on an electric bicycle west of Gaza City. The Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas fighters in Khan Younis and claimed that it killed a Hamas commander.[2]
The order of withdrawal and disarmament is contested
Mladenov said Israeli withdrawal would follow verified decommissioning of Hamas weapons handed to the Palestinian technocratic committee intended to govern Gaza, and described the steps as reciprocal. That sequence differs from Jared Kushner's earlier statement that withdrawal would be discussed only after demilitarisation was complete. Mladenov said he and Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed on a mechanism for Israel's remaining questions and that committees had been established. Israel Katz's renewed threat to clear areas where kites or balloons are flown increased pressure on civilians.[1], [2]
