Geopolitics · Thursday, 27 August 2026
Gaza envoy warns UN Security Council ceasefire collapse would be a ‘point of no return’
The senior international envoy overseeing Gaza's ceasefire, Nickolay Mladenov, told the UN Security Council that a collapse of the fragile truce would be “not a setback” but “a point of no return for everyone.” Gaza's health ministry says at least 1,288 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire took effect in October, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resists the disarmament-for-withdrawal plan Hamas has accepted.