The official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss a proposed Hamas disarmament framework and urged a halt to Israeli strikes. Israel has raised security concerns about the deal. Nikolay Mladenov discussed a Board of Peace agreement with Hamas while new Israeli strikes continued to cause casualties in Gaza.
Board of Peace high representative Nikolay Mladenov met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team. The talks included a disarmament agreement that the board said it had reached with Hamas.
Mladenov also urged a halt to Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Israel has conveyed serious security concerns about the proposed agreement.
The framework links Hamas disarmament with Israeli withdrawal, a technocratic Palestinian government, an international security force, and reconstruction. Israeli strikes continued during the diplomacy, with Gaza medical officials reporting new deaths and injuries.
A ceasefire and hostage-release agreement signed the previous October reduced but did not end violence. Hamas officials have said disarmament is part of a broader package rather than a standalone concession.
Israel and Hamas differ over the definition, timing, and verification of demilitarization and withdrawal. The complete agreement text and enforceable sequencing were not public, and casualty reporting remained difficult to verify independently.
Israel’s formal response to the framework. Whether strikes pause and whether international monitors receive a defined role.
The talks included a disarmament agreement that the board said it had reached with Hamas. A ceasefire and hostage-release agreement signed the previous October reduced but did not end violence. The framework links Hamas disarmament with Israeli withdrawal, a technocratic Palestinian government, an international security force, and reconstruction.
Mladenov also urged a halt to Israeli military strikes in Gaza. Israel and Hamas differ over the definition, timing, and verification of demilitarization and withdrawal. The complete agreement text and enforceable sequencing were not public, and casualty reporting remained difficult to verify independently.