U.S. Ceasefire Envoy Says Gaza Truce Stalled Over Hamas Disarmament
On May 13, 2026, EU Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in Jerusalem that the Gaza ceasefire is "stalled" and that Hamas disarmament is "not negotiable." PBS News
Mladenov warned that nearly all of Gaza's roughly 2 million residents have been displaced for seven months and are largely confined to coastal tent camps with severe shortages of food, water and healthcare.[1] He said the lack of progress on disarmament blocks steps toward reconstruction and a political transition.[1]
President Trump's 20-point ceasefire plan requires Hamas to surrender weapons and tunnels, calls for Israeli troops to withdraw, a technocratic Palestinian government to take office, and the deployment of an international security force. The truce was reached in October 2025 and has mostly held, preventing a return to full-scale war.
Israel currently controls more than half of Gaza east of a "yellow line." Rights group Gisha reports the military has also asserted extra "coordination control" over aid movements, complicating relief and reconstruction planning.
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- On May 13, 2026, envoy Nickolay Mladenov said in Jerusalem that the Gaza ceasefire is "stalled" and that Hamas disarmament is "not negotiable."
- President Trump’s 20-point ceasefire plan requires Hamas to surrender weapons and tunnels, Israeli troops to withdraw, a technocratic Palestinian government to take office, and an international security force to deploy.
- Israel currently controls more than half of Gaza east of a "yellow line" in the truce, and rights group Gisha reports the military has also asserted extra "coordination control" over aid movements beyond that zone.
- Mladenov said nearly all of Gaza’s roughly 2 million residents have been displaced for seven months and are largely confined to coastal tent camps with severe shortages of food, water and healthcare.
- The ceasefire, reached in October 2025, has mostly held and prevented a return to full-scale war, but reconstruction and political transition have not begun in earnest.
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