Kushner meets with Hamas on the Gaza road map ahead of talks with Netanyahu

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and Middle East envoy, met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday. According to CBS News, Kushner discussed a US-backed peace plan that seeks Hamas' disarmament and a road map for transferring power to a new government. The meeting was with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, and also included representatives from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and Board of Peace envoys Nickolay Mladenov and Tony Blair.

The peace plan, agreed upon by Trump's Board of Peace last month, calls for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza, as well as Israeli troop withdrawals and the rebuilding of Gaza under a new civilian Palestinian administration. However, Israel rejected the plan last week. Eight Muslim countries condemned Israel's rejection on Sunday.

Hamas said in a statement that it asked the Board of Peace to "compel" Israel to accept the plan, and to end all violations, halt killings and incursions, and approve the roadmap for the second phase of the US-brokered ceasefire plan. No official statement has been released about the talks, which reportedly focused on concrete actions to decommission Hamas' weapons and humanitarian efforts.

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