Overview
- Nickolay Mladenov met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday for a second time in two weeks to discuss advancing President Donald Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan.
- Mladenov said the ceasefire is stuck because Hamas has not disarmed, calling disarmament non-negotiable and saying Israeli withdrawal hinges on the full plan taking hold.
- Board of Peace officials are preparing to start governance and reconstruction in zones not under Hamas control, with a public outline targeted for early June, according to an Axios-based report, and the IDF currently holds more than half the strip.
- The envoy accused Hamas of tightening its grip by taxing residents and blocking approved Palestinian builders, while aid agencies report Israeli limits on key equipment for rubble clearance, leaving people in crowded shelters facing rising disease risks flagged by UNRWA.
- Israeli strikes have increased in recent weeks and daily truce breaches stoke fears of a collapse, with local figures citing more than 120 Palestinians killed since the April 8 halt to U.S.-Iran hostilities.