Nickolay Mladenov told the UN Security Council that Hamas was the main obstacle to continued ceasefire implementation because it refused verified decommissioning, relinquishing coercive control, and enabling a genuine civilian transition. Hamas rejected the accusations, with Hazem Qassem saying the account reflects adoption of Israel’s position and aims to justify further Israeli escalation. Critics of the Board of Peace said the ceasefire account was misleading and one-sided, citing continued Israeli airstrikes and movement beyond the October ceasefire line. Israeli control reportedly expanded from 53% to at least 60%, and Palestinians near the shifting line were shot at. More than 850 Palestinians were killed since October, and Israel allegedly failed to allow 600 trucks of humanitarian supplies daily while refusing to relax restrictions on dual-use items needed for aid and rubble clearance.
"Nickolay Mladenov told the UN security council on Thursday that Hamas was the principal obstacle to the ceasefire's continued implementation because it refused to accept verified decommissioning, relinquish coercive control and allow a genuine civilian transition. Hamas rejected the Bulgarian diplomat's accusations. Its spokesman, Hazem Qassem, said the report reflects continued adoption of the Israeli position and serves as an attempt to justify further Israeli escalation."
"Critics of the Board of Peace, launched by Donald Trump in January, said the Mladenov report gave a misleading and one-sided account of the ceasefire, in which Israel has been the main violator. Israeli forces have continued to carry out airstrikes on Gaza. They have also moved forward from the ceasefire line agreed in October, increasing the area under direct Israeli control from the agreed 53% to at least 60%, and have regularly shot at Palestinians who came within a few hundred metres of the shifting line."
"More than 850 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire was declared in October. Israel has also fallen short of its obligation to allow in 600 trucks of humanitarian supplies a day, and has refused to relax restrictions on dual-use items, which have prevented aid agencies bringing in basic humanitarian supplies, such as water pipes, or heavy machinery to begin clearing rubble. Israel was not directly criticised in Mladenov's report, only by implication in references to all parties."
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