Tel Aviv, Aug. 10 -- US-backed Board of Peace High Representative Nickolay Mladenov has attempted to counter scepticism in Israel regarding the board's proposed roadmap for disarming Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Times of Israel reported that Mladenov, in his interview with Channel 12, argued that fully implementing the plan is Israel's sole "guarantee" against a recurrence of the October 7, 2023, massacre, emphasising that the process relies on verifiable actions rather than trust in the terror group.

The roadmap aims "to make sure that Gaza is never again a threat to Israeli security, that what happened before October 7 never happens again," Mladenov told Channel 12, referencing the 2023 Hamas-led assault in southern Israel that triggered ...