
“There are forces out there that want to push us all into the abyss of a confrontation,” he said at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem.
Asked about Iran's influence in Gaza, Mladenov replied, "Since the very first day that the Egyptians first brokered the intra-Palestinian reconciliation agreement in 2017, someone out there has been trying to disrupt it.”
"I hope that together we will succeed in overcoming these forces. No one wants a war in Gaza now. It is going to be really damaging for everyone,” Mladenov said.
Mladenov, alongside Egypt, has been seeking a long-term truce agreement between Hamas and the Jewish state. His efforts have angered the Palestinian Authority (PA) , which then announced it will no longer work with the UN envoy.