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Kushner's Monday meeting with Netanyahu in Jerusalem, which lasted several hours and also included Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov and reportedly former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, ended without a breakthrough. The two sides agreed that no reconstruction or Israeli redeployment would occur in Gaza before Hamas is fully disarmed, and that a first step toward disarmament would require Hamas to hand over its weapons under the supervision of an American general — identified as Major General Jasper Jeffers, who already leads the nascent International Stabilization Force envisioned in the roadmap. Netanyahu separately made clear that Israeli forces would not withdraw from demarcation lines established under the October ceasefire and would continue military operations in Gaza, including targeting individuals linked to the October 7 attack.
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Jared Kushner held a more than two-hour meeting with al-Hayya on Sunday in Egypt, joined by fellow envoy Steve Witkoff and officials from Qatar, Turkey and Egypt, in what a regional official described as a rare direct encounter between a senior US envoy and Hamas leadership. Kushner pressed Hamas on strong disarmament commitments and an end to the group's future governing role in Gaza, while Hamas reiterated its acceptance of the 15-point road map and urged mediators and the Board of Peace to compel Israel to comply. Kushner had earlier met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Al-Alamein, where the two sides stressed the need for all parties to fulfill their ceasefire obligations. Kushner is expected to travel next to Israel for talks with Netanyahu on Monday.
Khalil al-Hayya, the political chief and chief negotiator of Hamas, travelled to Cairo on Sunday for his first official visit to Egypt since taking over the movement's leadership in late July, arriving at a critical moment in stalled efforts to implement a Gaza ceasefire agreement. Al-Hayya is expected to meet Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad to discuss a range of political and security issues, with the primary focus on consolidating the ceasefire and advancing the peace roadmap that has been thrown into question by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's public rejection of its terms.
The delegation accompanying al-Hayya is a high-level one, including the head of Hamas's Shura Council, Mohammed Darwish, former political bureau chief Khaled Meshaal, and other senior figures. Egypt, which has served as a key mediator in the conflict, has insisted on full adherence to all agreed terms, particularly the unimpeded entry of humanitarian aid and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
The Cairo visit comes days before Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and special envoy, is due to travel to Israel and Egypt accompanied by Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative of Trump's so-called Board of Peace. Their goal is to bridge deep disagreements over a 15-point roadmap — announced on 31 July following negotiations held in the Egyptian city of El Alamein — under which Hamas agreed to hand its weapons to a new Palestinian governing committee and accept a phased Israeli withdrawal from much of the Strip. Netanyahu rejected the plan last Sunday, vowing that Israeli forces would not withdraw until Hamas was
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