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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (Masked gunmen from the Qassam brigade, the militia wing of Hamas, attend the funeral of Mazen Faqha in Gaza City, Saturday, March, 25, 2017. The former Palestinian prisoner whom Israel sent to Gaza after his release was found shot dead at the entrance of his house in Gaza City.) (Masked gunmen from the Qassam brigade, the militia wing of Hamas, attend the funeral of Mazen Faqha in Gaza City, Saturday, March, 25, 2017. The former Palestinian prisoner whom Israel sent to Gaza after his release was found shot dead at the entrance of his house in Gaza City.)   Masked gunmen from the Qassam brigade, the militia wing of Hamas, attend the funeral of Mazen Faqha in Gaza City, Saturday, March, 25, 2017. The former Palestinian prisoner whom Israel sent to Gaza after his release was found shot dead at the entrance of his house in Gaza City. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90. )    By (https://www.jpost.com/author/amir-bohbot) AMIR BOHBOT ,  (https://www.jpost.com/author/maya-zanger-shamir) MAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR    AUGUST 26, 2026 19:33  Updated:  AUGUST 26, 2026 23:25   Nickolay Mladenov, (https://www.jpost.com/tags/nickolay-mladenov) director-general of the Peace Council , censured both Israel and Hamas for their failure to uphold the terms of the ceasefire in a Wednesday statement to the United Nations Security Council.   "Will another strike on a munitions depot stop Hamas from rearming or tightening its grip on Gaza?" Mladenov asked. "It will not."   Addressing Hamas's activities, Mladenov asserted that "every weapon carried, every tunnel still worked on, and every convoy still obstructed, sets the process back...it will be Palestinian civilians, women and children, who will bear the consequences."  "Ceasefires that deliver nothing visible are not sustained by patience; they are only exhausted by it," he concluded.Mladenov also told the UNSC that, for the first time, (https://www.jpost.com/tags/hamas) Hamas and other armed factions in the Gaza Strip have agreed to surrender their weapons and transfer full governing authority, both civilian and security.     (Nickolay Mladenov takes part in a charter announcement for U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026)  Nickolay Mladenov takes part in a charter announcement for U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, alongside the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026 (credit: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)    The security cabinet approved last month the launch of the pilot phase of a plan to introduce the Peace Council into the (https://www.jpost.com/tags/gaza) Gaza Strip , as part of a broader effort to restore basic services and humanitarian aid and establish civilian infrastructure in areas that are not under Hamas control.  During the security cabinet discussion, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich supported the move, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir opposed it.  Hamas agrees to disarm, BoP's Mladenov claims  Under the approved plan, the first phase will begin in the Rafah area. Temporary structures will be established to house Palestinian residents, alongside the restoration of basic services and the provision of humanitarian aid.   Anyone seeking to live in the designated compounds will undergo a strict security screening process intended to ensure that they are not affiliated with (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-906079) Hamas or other terrorist organizations.  As part of the discussion, the cabinet also approved the deployment of an international stabilization force in Gaza as part of preparations to implement the plan on the ground.     The Midnight Dispatch The one email that makes sense of the Middle East. 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