Gaza truce at risk as Netanyahu rejects US plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the latest US proposal to end the Gaza war, as the UN envoy warned of a “point of no return” if fighting resumes.
Source: Channel NewsAsia · August 27, 2026 at 10:30 PM · AI-assisted report
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NEW YORK, 28 AUGUST 2026 —
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the latest US proposal to end the Gaza war, as the UN envoy warned of a “point of no return” if fighting resumes.
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Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for Gaza in former US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that a collapse of the truce would erase any chance of rebuilding. “There will be no roadmap to return to, no administration to deploy, and nothing left on the ground to rebuild,” he said. “That would not be a setback. It would be a point of no return for everyone.”
Mladenov also flagged the opposite risk: Hamas has still not ended all military activity, despite its July 30 pledge to decommission weapons under international supervision. “Hamas has committed to cease all military activities,” he told the council. “That commitment is still to be met in full.” Any fresh fighting, he added, would eliminate the prospect of negotiations and leave Gaza without a governing body capable of reconstruction.
Under the July 30 roadmap accepted by Hamas, weapons decommissioning would be supervised by the International Stabilization Force led by US Major General Jasper Jeffers. The plan envisages a new Palestinian administration taking charge of Gaza’s weapons, an idea Netanyahu has publicly rejected.
Ongoing breaches such as armed fighters carrying weapons, tunnel work or blocked aid convoys would set back the process and strengthen factions pushing for renewed war, Mladenov said. “Every weapon carried, every tunnel still worked on, and every convoy still obstructed sets the process back and hands an argument to those who want to resume war.”
The ceasefire remains fragile. Hamas’s compliance has yet to be verified, and Netanyahu’s rejection of the US plan raises questions about Israel’s readiness to negotiate. Without a viable agreement, Gaza faces permanent damage and no clear route to recovery.
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