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Palestinian children play on a concrete block meant to mark the Israel-expanded Yellow Line in the Shejaiya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City on July 26, 2026. (Mohammed M. Skaik / JNA Press/Sipa USA via Reuters)
Jacob Magid
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Jacob Magid
Board of Peace blurs Yellow Line as it wages uphill battle to advance Gaza plan
US-controlled Gaza oversight panel avoids specifying whether Israel must withdraw to original ceasefire line, opting for ambiguity in bid to get both sides on board
Palestinians walk among tents and rubble on the coastal road in Gaza City, in the Strip's north, on August 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
‘Just like before Oct. 7’: Gaza border surveillance troops say they’re seeing terror activity
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies
Palestinians in Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, August 12, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/FLASH90)
August 12, 2026, 7:43 pm
Board of Peace’s Gaza envoy denies financial deal with Hamas: ‘Not on the table’
$400 million will pay ‘legitimate’ contractors, severance to Hamas civil servants not hired by new technocratic government, sources tell ToI; NCAG to audit Hamas books
By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid
Illustrative: A Palestinian man rides his bicycle by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during the Israel Hamas war, in southern Gaza Strip, July 31, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 10, 2026, 1:28 am
Board of Peace envoy says full execution of Gaza plan only ‘guarantee’ Oct. 7 won’t recur
Nickolay Mladenov tells Channel 12 disarmament plan is ‘not built on trust,’ but complete verification of progress; White House said not worried about Netanyahu’s rejection of plan
By Stav Levaton, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Palestinian gunmen from Hamas and Islamic Jihad gather next to Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 8, 2026, 6:21 pm
Hamas urges US pressure on Jerusalem over Gaza plan; Israel said to warn of ‘ambush’
Terror organization claims it’s ready to disarm under Board of Peace roadmap; Israeli security officials reportedly warn that Hamas only signed to prevent renewed IDF action
By ToI Staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a video statement on August 4, 2026. (Screen capture/Facebook)
August 5, 2026, 5:37 am
Netanyahu says Israel ‘didn’t agree’ to Board of Peace’s terms for disarming Hamas
After extended silence, PM insists IDF won’t withdraw from ‘current lines’ until Hamas fully disarmed, in seeming opposition to US-backed plan for initial Israeli pullback within Gaza
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians respond at the site of an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, August 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
August 4, 2026, 12:23 pm
‘First, stop the killing’: Gazans say they’ll believe ceasefire roadmap when strikes end
Despite talks of a breakthrough on the second phase of the October 2025 agreement, many in the Strip remain skeptical that it will be implemented
By Nurit Yohanan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team meet the Board of Peace pointman for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee and others in Jerusalem, May 5, 2026. (Prime Minister's Office)
August 4, 2026, 4:20 am
Board of Peace appears to shift terms for IDF pullback after meeting PM; Gaza airstrike reported
Days after Mladenov said withdrawal must move ‘in lockstep’ with Hamas laying down weapons, Board of Peace now says pullback beyond Yellow Line will only occur after disarmament
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Palestinian gunmen from Hamas and Islamic Jihad gather next to Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
August 3, 2026, 5:58 pm
Israel presses doubts about Gaza plan as Hamas warns airstrikes will derail effort
Amid growing criticism from Board of Peace over continued Gaza strikes, Israeli official says agreement ‘does not reflect’ Israeli stance; Herzog lauds ‘positive elements’
By Lazar Berman and Nurit Yohanan
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office on July 28, 2026. (GPO)
July 31, 2026, 8:51 am
Trump will be ‘very disappointed’ if Israel obstructs his Gaza plan, US official warns
Comments come after Netanyahu’s office says Israel can’t accept disarmament proposal approved by Hamas, which official says triggered 14-day sprint to set implementation timeline
By Jacob Magid
Israeli soldiers at a military position overlooking the so-called Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 27, 2026, 11:28 am
Cabinet gives initial approval for international force in Gaza, with some 200 troops
Ministers okay legal framework for ISF, which will only enter enclave and operate in humanitarian zone upon approval from Netanyahu, defense and foreign ministers
By Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
A Palestinian child walks along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli military strikes during the Israel-Hamas war in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
July 1, 2026, 9:19 pm
IDF says Hamas commander, 4 terrorists killed in Gaza when planning attacks on troops
As strikes continue to hit Gaza, technocrats say ‘highly productive’ meetings held on advancing plans for enclave’s future; Board of Peace: ‘UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza’
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Nurit Yohanan
US President Donald Trump (R) sits with US Vice President JD Vance as they attend the inaugural meeting of the 'Board of Peace' at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
June 29, 2026, 11:57 pm
Board of Peace finalizing plans for Gaza, but implementation timeline up in the air
With disarmament talks stalled, committee of Palestinian technocrats tasked with replacing Hamas remains outside Strip, attending workshops on how they’ll govern if or when they enter
By Jacob Magid
Sir Tony Blair, former prime minister of United Kingdom and Board of Peace Gaza Executive Board speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on The situation in the Middle Eas in New York, New York on April 28, 2026. (Lev Radin/ZUMA Press Wire)
June 12, 2026, 11:58 pm
Tony Blair takes on larger role as US-led Board of Peace struggles to advance Gaza plan
Former UK prime minister to assume a more managerial role on US-led body, while also taking on responsibilities relating to aid and continuing engagement with PA on reforms
By Jacob Magid
Top: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waves to supporters at the Likud party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem following elections on March 24, 2021, Bottom: Palestinians stand next to makeshift shelters at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on June 7, 2026. (AFP/Collage/Emmanuel Dunand and Bashar Tale)
June 12, 2026, 10:42 am
Gaza mediators glum on chances for breakthrough before Israeli elections in the fall
Mideast diplomats say Netanyahu’s cooperation with Trump plan diminishing as campaigning ramps up, fear he’ll renew war; US official insists Israel can be brought on board if Hamas first agrees to disarm
By Jacob Magid
The high representative for Gaza under US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov addresses a press briefing in Jerusalem on May 13, 2026. (Photo by Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
May 21, 2026, 8:47 pm
Board of Peace envoy urges UNSC ‘to use every means at its disposal’ to disarm Hamas
Mladenov warns that if ceasefire falls apart, current division of Gaza could become permanent; Palestinians say boy, 13, killed in IDF strike; army says it targeted people approaching Yellow Line
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
May 20, 2026, 1:55 am
Board of Peace urges countries that promised funds for Gaza to pay up
Document obtained by ToI acknowledges ‘gap’ between the $17B pledged to reconstruct Strip and actual donations; Smotrich nixes US request to transfer withheld PA funds to US-led body
By Jacob Magid
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