Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump's Gaza plan
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Jared Kushner met Hamas leaders in Cairo on Sunday and pressed for disarmament and an end to any future Hamas role in running Gaza. The meeting came a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Trump's Gaza roadmap as unacceptable. Israeli strikes wounded at least five Palestinians in Khan Younis on Sunday.
Key Facts
- Jared Kushner met Hamas leaders in Cairo on Sunday and pressed for disarmament and an end to any future Hamas role in running Gaza.
- Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined Kushner in the meeting.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump's latest Gaza roadmap 'unacceptable' on Aug. 9, a week before the Cairo meeting.
- At least five Palestinians were injured in an Israeli strike on a tent encampment in Khan Younis on Sunday.
- Kushner and Mladenov were scheduled to meet Netanyahu on Monday, a senior Israeli official said.
The Cairo Meeting
Jared Kushner met Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday, with Hamas reiterating its commitment to the deal while Kushner pushed for disarmament and an end to any future Hamas role in running Gaza. Board of Peace high representative Nickolay Mladenov and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined Kushner, while Hamas political leader Khalil al-Hayya attended alongside Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad and Qatari diplomat Ali Al Thawadi, Axios reported. A source told Axios that the meeting's objective was to translate Hamas's disarmament into concrete, verifiable steps. Hamas and the US envoy have not confirmed that the meeting took place. The meeting was a rare direct contact after years of U.S. refusal, and the Trump administration has grown comfortable with such contacts in hopes of ending the conflict.
Israeli Strikes and Monday Meeting
At least five Palestinians were injured on Sunday after an Israeli strike hit a tent encampment in Khan Younis, medics said. A separate air strike hit an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, wounding several people. A senior Israeli official said Israel was concerned about Washington's demand to end targeted assassinations of Hamas fighters in Gaza. Trump's peace plan calls for the immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza, Hamas disarmament, Israeli troop withdrawal, and reconstruction under a new civilian Palestinian administration. Kushner and Mladenov were scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, the official said.
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Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump's Gaza plan
