Official overseeing Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan criticizes Israeli attacks

<img alt="Palestinians walk past a food-aid warehouse damaged in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a nearby house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026." src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8640x5760+0+0/resize/8640x5760!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faf%2F9d%2F9b2fcf214d0fa0b690afa5854355%2Fap26238387762183.jpg" /><p>The official in charge of President Trump's ceasefire plan for Gaza criticized Israel for its attacks on the Palestinian territory. The official warned that the alternative to the U.S. proposal is the next war.</p><p>(Image credit: Abdel Kareem Hana)</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-140400" />