US envoy Kushner visits Hamas leader in push for Gaza road map before Netanyahu meeting
US 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 Israel’s prime minister on Monday. The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, US-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory…
US envoy Jared Kushner met with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, part of a diplomatic push for a Gaza ceasefire road map. The encounter aims to salvage the 15-point US-backed plan, which involves Hamas disarming and Israel withdrawing from Gaza. The road map was initially agreed upon in Egypt last year and is now at a critical juncture with the lives of two million Gazans and the reconstruction of the territory dependent on its success.
However, Israel's rejection of the plan has stalled progress. Ahead of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Kushner and other envoys will push for Hamas' commitment to the road map and condition the implementation on Israel's withdrawal to the yellow line and a halt in attacks on Gaza. The ceasefire agreement's implementation hinges on the success of this plan, with weapons handovers to the Palestinian technocratic committee and the creation of a Palestinian state as key components.
Recent Israeli military strikes on Palestinian militant groups have resulted in injuries, further complicating the situation.
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