Rejected by Israel, Gaza Plan to Ensure October 7 Attack Does Not Repeat

JAKARTA - The latest peace plan in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, which was rejected by the envoy of the Peace Council (BoP) guarantees that attacks on Israel will not be repeated.

The envoy of the Peace Council, Nickolay Mladenov, said that the new peace plan in Gaza consisting of 15 points would guarantee the non-repetition of the October 7, 2023 attack.

He stated that the full implementation of the peace proposal was the only guarantee for Israel to ward off threats to national security.

Mladenov said Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack - which triggered Israel's war in Gaza - "will never be allowed to happen again, as long as the Peace Council plan is fully implemented".

"The option we are offering today is the only way forward that guarantees this tragedy will not be repeated," he explained, as reported by The National (10/8).

The statement was made in an interview with Israeli television channel, Channel 12, which aired on Sunday night, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the new proposal and insisted that Israeli forces would not withdraw until Hamas was disarmed.

The plan, revealed by the mediators on July 30, outlines Hamas' disarmament steps to be carried out in conjunction with the Israeli military's withdrawal from Gaza.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump called the plan a "historic" step.

Mladenov said the Israeli military was not expected to withdraw from its current positions without a "total demilitarization of all weapons" belonging to Hamas.

He stated that Israeli forces should not place personnel outside of what is called the "yellow line" and should not fire at people "unless they are a real threat". After the disarmament process is verified, Israeli forces are required to withdraw "sector by sector" from the yellow line.

"Once every sector has completed its disarmament and the weapons have been certified - that the weapons have been taken over and stored by the NCAG (National Committee for the Administration of Gaza) and the Peace Council, and made unusable - then Israel is obliged to withdraw gradually, step by step," he said.

Mladenov added that none of the points in this plan limit Israel's right to respond to any threat they consider real.

If Hamas does not fulfill its commitments, the process will be halted.

When asked about doubts over Israel's willingness to fulfill its promises, Mladenov said the peace plan was not based on mutual trust.

"I'm not building all this on trust - neither are we all - and we are very aware of the risks ahead," he said.

"We build it on the basis of verification, and this is the basic premise - which I want both sides to really believe - that thanks to the verification process, we actually have an opportunity," he explained.

The Peace Council's plan was announced after months of negotiations between the Peace Council, Hamas, and mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey on the issue of disarmament, which is widely seen as one of the most difficult parts of the negotiations.

Israel was not involved in the disarmament talks, but Hamas issued a statement accepting the plan.