A former U.N. Mideast envoy has been chosen to direct U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace to oversee the cease-fire in Gaza, Israel's prime minister said Thursday, as at least eight more deaths from Israeli strikes were reported there.

The appointment of Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov marks an important step forward for Trump's Mideast peace plan, which has moved slowly since delivering an October cease-fire ending more than two years of Israel's genocidal military campaign against the Palestinian enclave.

Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement after meeting Mladenov in west Jerusalem, identifying him as the "designated" director-general for the board, which is meant to oversee the implementation of the secon

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