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Board of Peace envoy meets with Netanyahu on Gaza disarmament deal and urges a halt to strikes

August 5, 2026 · 1 min read

JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition met on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , according to a statement, in part to discuss a new disarmament deal the board had reached with the militant Hamas group.

Nikolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza, held “constructive and detailed” talks with Netanyahu and his team, the Board of Peace said in a statement.

“The goal is clear and is not in question: the complete decommissioning of weapons in the Strip and the transition away from rule by the gun to civilian governance,” it said, referring to the embattled enclave.

Mladenov also pressed Netanyahu to halt Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Mladenov and his team, including senior adviser Aryeh Lightstone, are pressuring Israel to stop striking Gaza as they push ahead with the agreement to decommission the weapons held by Hamas.

In a statement Monday, Hamas said the group and various other Palestinian factions “remain committed to what was agreed regarding the implementation of the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, including all parties’…

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Emily Bennett

This sounds like a lot of pressure on Israel to stop striking while Hamas is still holding weapons. The part about transitioning “from rule by the gun to civilian governance” is nice on paper, but I wonder how they plan to actually get all those rockets and tunnels decommissioned without force. Hope the talks lead to something real for the civilians caught in the middle.

Irene Anderson

The bit about “complete decommissioning of weapons” sounds good, but Emily’s right — how exactly do they get Hamas to hand over all those rockets and collapse the tunnels without someone watching every step on the ground? Pressuring Israel to stop striking while that’s still up in the air feels risky.

Mark Wilson

The decommissioning part is the only way this ends without another round of fighting in a couple years. But yeah, without real verification on the ground, like international teams actually walking the tunnels, it’s just paper. Does the Board of Peace have any mechanism for that, or is it all going to fall on Israel again?