UN envoy warns Gaza ceasefire hanging by a thread as violence persists

UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov told the Security Council that Israel’s ongoing strikes and Hamas’s incomplete disarmament threaten the 2023 Gaza ceasefire; he said the roadmap ties Israeli withdrawal to Hamas weapon decommissioning verified by a Palestinian technocratic committee, while warning that civilian casualties climb and the deconfliction mechanism must hold. He argued a ceasefire collapse would be a “point of no return” for Gaza and the wider region, with both sides bearing responsibility to reduce violence.