Nickolay Mladenov, Bulgarian high representative for Gaza, speaks at the ‘Board of Peace’ meeting during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. (AFP pic)JERUSALEM : The US-backed plan for Gaza rejected on Sunday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains the “only way forward” to prevent a repeat of Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack, the head of president Donald Trump’s implementation board said. “The option we are offering today is the only way forward that ensures this tragedy does not happen again,” Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, said in an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 television. Mladenov described the current stage of the agreement as a commitment involving the United States, Hamas and the Board of Peace – notably leaving out Israel. He said the disarmament would involve all Hamas weapons, down to Kalashnikov rifles.