Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump’s Gaza plan

What the report says

Hamas leaders met in Egypt with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy Jared Kushner as Washington tries to advance its Gaza plan, according to Al Jazeera citing AFP, Reuters and Axios. The talks were held on Sunday and included Trump’s peace board figures Nickolay Mladenov and former UK prime minister Tony Blair, along with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish officials, according to the reporting.

The core dispute remains Hamas’s future role in Gaza. Diplomatic sources told AFP that Kushner pressed for Hamas disarmament and for the group to have no role in governing the enclave, while Hamas said it remained committed to the deal. The article also said US officials are seeking to turn that disarmament into concrete steps. Hamas and Kushner have not publicly confirmed the meeting.

The meeting comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump’s latest Gaza roadmap was unacceptable. A senior Israeli official said Kushner and Mladenov were expected to meet Netanyahu on Monday. The plan, as described by Al Jazeera, calls for an immediate halt to military operations, Hamas disarmament, an Israeli troop withdrawal and a new civilian Palestinian administration in Gaza.

The reporting also said Israel has resumed strikes in Gaza in recent days, with local medics reporting new injuries in Khan Younis and central Gaza. The talks matter because they show the US continuing direct engagement with Hamas, despite long-standing American policy against such contact, in an effort to end the war and shape Gaza’s postwar governance.