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He warned the UN Security Council that these strikes risk derailing the plan to disarm Hamas and could lead to further conflict.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":"Middle East","publishedAt":"2026-08-27T00:46:20.148Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-26T23:55:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-27T00:46:20.148Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":60,"critic":65,"hype":20,"notes":{"trust":"Two full reports and four digests cite Nikolay Mladenov criticizing Israel's attacks.","critic":"Two full reports quote Mladenov and other officials, and detail the plan's status.","hype":"Headlines and digests are consistent with the reporting, with no sensationalism."}},"tags":["#Gaza","#Israel","#Hamas","#Ceasefire","#MiddleEast","#TrumpAdministration"],"entities":["Nikolay Mladenov","Donald Trump","Hamas","Israel","Gaza","UN Security Council","Noa Furman"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Nikolay Mladenov, the official in charge of President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, has criticized Israel for ongoing attacks in the Palestinian territory.","Mladenov told the UN Security Council that Israel's strikes are hindering efforts to disarm Hamas and transfer Gaza to civilian rule.","He warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is further war, stating that continued Israeli actions risk the collapse of the ceasefire.","Israel's deputy UN ambassador reiterated commitment to the plan but stressed it cannot succeed while Hamas remains armed."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Nikolay Mladenov, the official overseeing President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan, has criticized Israel for its continued attacks on the Palestinian territory. Speaking before the UN Security Council, Mladenov warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war. He stated that Hamas has agreed to the plan's key provision to disarm and hand over Gaza to civilian rule. However, Mladenov noted that ongoing Israeli strikes since the October 2023 ceasefire are still resulting in Palestinian deaths, and Gazans do not perceive the conflict as ending."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Mladenov questioned the effectiveness of further Israeli strikes, asking if they would prevent Hamas from rearming or tightening its grip on Gaza. He argued that such actions delay demilitarization and obstruct the transfer to a civilian government. Mladenov also highlighted the gap between the roadmap and the reality on the ground, warning that a resumption of war would be a point of no return. He presented a choice between a disarmed, rebuilt Gaza connected to the world, or a rearmed, divided, and ruined territory with a radicalized population and the next war on the horizon. The Trump plan, he added, includes a pathway to a political horizon and a two-state solution, a prospect opposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the impact of Israeli strikes"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Washington Top News reported Mladenov stating that Israeli strikes are still killing Palestinians, though fewer than before, and that Gazans cannot feel the conflict is ending. Ynet News quoted Mladenov saying that Israeli strikes \"do not change the status quo that produced 7 October 2023. They preserve it.\" Ynet also reported that Board of Peace officials criticized recent IDF operations, arguing they produced limited security gains while causing significant strategic damage and perpetuating Hamas's rule. In contrast, Israel's deputy UN ambassador, Noa Furman, reiterated Israel's commitment to Trump's plan, stressing it cannot succeed while Hamas remains armed and stating Israel is working with the U.S. to achieve Hamas's disarmament."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left or centre-rated reports mentioned the specific figure of \"20-point plan\" for Trump's Gaza ceasefire proposal, which was included in the full reports from Washington Top News and Ynet News. The digests from The Toronto Star and The Record also omitted this detail. 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