PA says agreement on phase 2 of Gaza ceasefire plan ‘remains on paper’ as killings continue
The Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza, Nikolay Mladenov is scheduled to meet Israeli officials for second phase of Gaza Peace Plan. PHOTO: ANADOLU
The Board of Peace’s lead envoy for Gaza, Nikolay Mladenov, arrived in Israel on Monday for talks on implementing the second phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan.
According to Israel’s public broadcaster KAN, Mladenov is scheduled to meet senior Israeli officials to discuss understandings related to the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
On Friday, the Board of Peace and US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to implement the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire, with the board saying Hamas had accepted a detailed roadmap. Israel has not officially commented on the proposal.
Two days of strikes across Gaza have killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies that people depend on. This comes after intense efforts by the @BoardOfPeace and the mediators (Egypt, Turkiye, Qatar and the US) to bring the Palestinian factions in Gaza to agree to a Roadmap…
— Nickolay E. MLADENOV (@nmladenov) August 2, 2026
Following the announcement, Israel has killed at least 28 Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip since Friday.
Separately, the Palestinian Authority (PA) said the agreement on implementing the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal “remains on paper” as Israel continues lethal attacks on Palestinians.
“The announcement of the agreement did not lead to a comprehensive halt to the aggression or the protection of the Palestinian people,” PA spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement carried by the official news agency Wafa.
At least 18 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday despite a ceasefire in place since Oct 10, 2025. Ten more people were killed by Israeli fire in the enclave a day earlier.
“Israel continues its all-out war against the Palestinian people despite the announced agreement,” Abu Rudeineh said, adding that the deal “remains on paper” while killings continue on the ground.
Abu Rudeineh warned against Israel’s disregard for international efforts aimed at stopping its genocide against Palestinians.
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He also called for halting Israeli attacks and the destruction of Palestinian refugee camps and villages.
“This comes as part of Israel’s comprehensive war targeting the Palestinian presence and the refugee issue,” he said.
Abu Rudeineh renewed the Palestinian call on the international community, particularly the UN Security Council, to take urgent steps to force Israel to immediately implement the second phase of the ceasefire agreement.
He also stressed the need to halt military operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and provide international protection for Palestinians.
“Israel’s continued impunity encourages it to keep violating international law and international humanitarian law,” he added.
“There will be no security or stability in the region except by ending the occupation, stopping the aggression, and paving the way for a just and lasting peace based on international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative, and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital,” Abu Rudeineh said.
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Israel has killed more than 73,000 people and injured over 174,000 others in a brutal war in Gaza since October 2023.
Despite the ceasefire agreement in effect since Oct 10, 2025, Israel has continued its attacks across the enclave, killing 1,250 Palestinians and injuring 4,110 others, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Since the start of the genocide, Israel has promoted plans to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to countries including Egypt and Jordan, proposals rejected by both countries, numerous other states and international organisations, including the UN.
Trump’s Gaza plan explicitly states that no Palestinian should be forced to leave the territory, while Palestinians have consistently rejected displacement proposals.
Israel has also continued restricting the entry of agreed quantities of food, medicine, medical supplies, shelter materials and prefabricated homes into Gaza, where about 2.4 million Palestinians, including roughly 1.5 million displaced people, continue to face catastrophic humanitarian conditions.















