Kushner meets with Hamas on the Gaza road map ahead of talks with Netanyahu
Jared Kushner is leading a diplomatic push to salvage a 15-point Gaza peace roadmap following Israel's rejection of the plan. The talks involve key mediators and aim to address the critical impasse regarding Hamas's disarmament.
Why it matters
The involvement of high-level US envoys and regional powers underscores the urgency of the humanitarian and security crisis in Gaza.
CAIRO — U.S. negotiator and President Donald Trump 's son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire . Kushner will meet with Israel's prime minister on Monday.
The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, U.S.-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war.
At stake are the lives of some 2 million people in Gaza and the reconstruction of the crowded enclave now largely controlled by Israeli forces, more than 10 months since the ceasefire ended major military operations. A meeting between Kushner, fellow envoy Steve Witkoff and Hamas leaders in Egypt last year helped clinch the ceasefire, whose progress until now had been stalled over the key issue of Hamas' disarmament.
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