Nickolay Mladenov

Gaza's catch-22: Trump's peace plan caught between Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawal - analysis

With Israeli elections making it impossible for officials to offer a solution on Gaza, the US will need to act in order to change the situation and take Hamas out.

Palestinians are seen walking in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, August 12, 2026
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.

Mladenov tells UNSC that IDF, Hamas are causing Gaza ceasefire to unravel

Smoke and a fire ball rise during an Israeli strike, carried out after the military warned Palestinian residents to evacuate the area of al-Zawayda, in the central Gaza Strip, on August 23, 2026.

Board of Peace demands Israel comply with Gaza ceasefire, calls for end to kite attacks

Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

US-Hamas channel has value, but only if terrorists disappear from Gaza’s future - editorial


Mladenov condemns Palestinian death allegedly caused by Jewish extremist

Israeli police and the Shin Bet are investigating the possibility that a Jewish extremist threw the stone.

NICKOLAY MLADENOV

UN official: Palestinian glorification of Fuld terror attack reprehensible

“Hamas leaders continued to incite violence, with one senior official speaking of “cleansing Palestine of the filth of Jews,” and threatening to decapitate Israeli leaders,” Mladenov reported.

NICKOLAY MLADENOV

Is key Gaza negotiator UN’s Nickolay Mladenov leaving his post?

During his three years at the UN Security Council, he maintained strong ties with both Israelis and Palestinians.

 UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nockolay Mladenov

Comment: Was the peace process doomed to failure from the start?

Current diplomatic efforts to prevent war between Israel and Hamas, end the intra-Palestinian divide and forge a comprehensive regional peace appear doomed to failure.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Monroe Room of the State Department in Washington September 2, 2010.

Bennett after U.N. meeting: Israel must avoid Iran driven two-front war

“Iran's goal is to simultaneously entangle Israel on many fronts,” Bennett tweeted after his meeting with Mladenov.

Naftali Bennett

‘Give peace a chance,’ U.N. envoy tells Palestinians

“I have to appeal to all parents of children in Gaza today to step back and keep the protests peaceful.”

A Palestinian man inspects a destroyed Islamic Jihad military base after it was targeted by an Israeli warplane, at the southern Gaza Strip May 30, 2018

U.N: Israel’s ban on commercial goods for Gaza could escalate conflict

“Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza should also do their part by maintaining calm, stopping incendiary kites and preventing other provocations,” said Nickolay Mladenov.

A Palestinian man rides on a truck carrying fruits as it arrives at Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 10, 2018

U.N. Envoy: Another Gaza war could spark a regional conflict

Mladenov explained that the UN has had a critical role in reducing the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Gaza.

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, May 29, 2018

U.N. official: World should rehabilitate Gaza only if Hamas halts violence

Measures should be used “to get from those responsible for the situation in Gaza [Hamas] a commitment to keep the situation quiet."

Nickolay Mladenov, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General.

Sources: Cabinet to decide on Gaza recovery options, including U.N. offer

In the project, factories and infrastructure to aid the recovery of Gaza would be established in the Sinai peninsula, and perhaps the Strip itself.

Smoke rises following an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border between Israel and Gaza, May 29, 2018