According to diplomats in the region, the work of the Palestinian transitional committee will be overseen by Nikolay Mladenov, a veteran Bulgarian and UN diplomat who has been touring the region holding talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials. Mladenov served as the UN envoy for the Middle East peace process from early 2015 until the end of 2020 and is widely respected across the region.
Discussions in Cairo on the second phase are said to have also focused on the further withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza, the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza and the entry of aid stockpiled on the Egyptian side of the border – as well as a general increase in the flow of goods and aid entering Gaza.
Mladenov – who has worked as a United Nations diplomat in the Middle East – is seen as an administrator, but one who may not be capable of pushing back against Israel and representing Palestinians in Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/1/16/scepticism-hope-gaza-reacts-trump-board-of-peace


