Muhoozi Kainerugaba tied Gaza troop pledges to a medal and an apology
Nickolay Mladenov named deployment plans for the International Stabilization Force: Morocco will join and Turkiye will not after Israel's veto. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said no UPDF soldier would go to Gaza until Fort Leavenworth honours him with a medal and Senator James Risch apologises. Mladenov kept warning that failure to follow the roadmap risks collapsing the Gaza ceasefire.
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Mladenov named deployment plan and participant list
Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov told Al Jazeera that both sides' failure to follow the Gaza roadmap threatens ceasefire collapse and a return to war would be devastating. Mladenov said the Board has determined how and where the International Stabilization Force proposed by President Donald Trump is to deploy. Morocco agreed to take part; Turkiye will not after Israel vetoed Ankara's involvement. Mladenov said reconstruction pledges reached 7 billion dollars and credited Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye with advancing the Hamas agreement. Gaza's Health Ministry says 1303 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the ceasefire took effect in October 2025.[1]
Kainerugaba aired medal and apology conditions
Uganda's chief of defence forces General Muhoozi Kainerugaba said no soldier of the UPDF would go to Gaza before his former college at Fort Leavenworth in the United States honours him with a medal. He demanded an apology from Senator James Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying not a single Ugandan soldier shall die in Gaza for Risch. Uganda approved the deployment on 10 August as part of the International Stabilization Force; Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka said the contingent would remain neutral and protect civilians. Risch had called on 30 June for a review of US security ties with Uganda after Kainerugaba shut down two news outlets.[2]
Gaza roadmap still stalled after Netanyahu rejection
Mladenov first proposed the 15-point roadmap on 21 May; the Board of Peace announced agreement on 31 July, Hamas said it approved the plan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then rejected it. Mladenov described talks with Israel on increasing humanitarian aid as good. Although the International Stabilization Force deployment plan is set, Uganda's commander tying troop movement to a medal and apology leaves timing unclear despite the 10 August approval. Mladenov's ceasefire warning keeps the political context in place while the roadmap remains unimplemented.[1], [2]
