00:00Israel's Prime Minister has announced that former UN Middle East envoy Nikolai Mladenov
00:05will serve as Director General of U.S. President Donald Trump's new Board of Peace.
00:10Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement after meeting Mladenov in Jerusalem,
00:15calling it a major step in advancing Trump's Middle East peace plan.
00:19The board will oversee the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire,
00:22including Hamas disarmament, Israeli troop pullbacks, and reconstruction efforts.
00:27A senior U.S. official confirmed Mladenov's appointment, though Washington has yet to make it formal.
00:34Mladenov, a former Bulgarian foreign and defense minister, helped mediate between Israel and Hamas from 2015 to 2020.
00:42The ceasefire, launched on 10th of October, has largely held despite ongoing Israeli strikes that have killed more than 400 Palestinians.
00:51EU foreign policy chief Kayakallas called the humanitarian situation in Gaza extremely severe,
01:00urging international action to stabilize the region.
01:03If this is a real threat...
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