Hamas has pledged to hand over its weapons as part of the US plan for Gaza, which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has rejected. Posted on August 26, 2026 August 26, 2026 The failure of the ceasefire process in Gaza would be a “point of no return,” warned the enclave’s top official on US President Donald Trump’s Peace Board. United Nations Security Council. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The statement came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of Trump’s 15-point peace plan that Washington says aims to end Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza. for everyone,” Mladenov told the council. Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least 1,288 Palestinians have been killed and 4,290 wounded since a U.S.-brokered “ceasefire” went into effect in October. At least 73,422 Palestinians have been killed since attacks by Hamas and other Palestinian groups in southern Israel left about 1,200 people dead and 240 taken captive on October 7, 2023. Same The next day, Israel began its war against Gaza. Hamas on July 30 accepted the US roadmap aimed at advancing the ceasefire plan. According to it, the dismantling of weapons would be overseen by an International Stabilization Force, a fledgling unit led by US Major General Jasper Jeffers that will be deployed in Gaza if the situation calms down. immediately opposed even as Trump hailed the plan as a breakthrough. This month, Netanyahu said Israel would not withdraw any of its forces until Hamas was completely disarmed. The emerging National Committee for the Administration of Gaza would be made up of independent Palestinian technocrats with responsibility for managing day-to-day civil service and humanitarian aid. Mladenov told the UN. He added that “the second risk [to the ceasefire] runs in the opposite direction. Hamas has pledged to cease all military activities. That commitment has yet to be fully fulfilled.” Mladenov emphasized that “every weapon transported, every tunnel still being worked on and every convoy still obstructed delays the process and provides an argument to those who want to restart the war.” Meanwhile, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, told the Security Council that Israeli annexations of Palestinian land are destroying prospects for regional peace. Noting the recent publication of tenders for the settlement project E1 in the occupied West Bank accused the Israeli government of intentionally undermining the 15-point peace plan.
