WASHINGTON, November 13. /TASS/. The Board of Peace, established to help resolve the conflict in the Gaza Strip, called on Israel and the radical Palestinian movement Hamas to immediately resume implementing US President Donald Trump’s peace plan after Thursday’s strike on the Nasser medical complex.
The board said the tragic loss of life following the Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis showed why President Trump’s Comprehensive Peace Plan "must be implemented immediately without further delay."
The body warned that civilians will inevitably continue to die unless the parties resume implementing the plan. "Israel maintains that Hamas exploits these facilities for terrorist operations, and innocent Gazans ultimately pay the price," the board said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) earlier said it had killed the commander of the Khan Younis Brigade of Hamas’s military wing in a November 12 strike in the area of Nasser Hospital in Gaza. The Israeli military stated that Hamas units had turned the hospital grounds into a headquarters. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry rejected the Israeli account, saying the Nasser complex is the only major medical facility still operating in southern Gaza. The ministry reported that the strike killed six civilians and wounded 20.
On January 22, representatives of 19 countries signed the Board of Peace charter on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Washington said other countries had also joined the organization. The board was set up under an agreement between Israel and Hamas to govern Gaza and is also expected to help prevent and resolve conflicts elsewhere. The question of disarming Hamas’s armed units is complicating the transition from the first to the second phase of the Gaza peace plan, which includes handing over authority in the enclave to a technocratic committee established for that purpose.