Kushner: Israel acting ‘a little irrational’ on Gaza due to upcoming election

US envoy Jared Kushner has said that Israel is acting "a little irrational" on Gaza due to an upcoming election. According to Kushner, the US and Israel agree on the desired end state for Gaza, but political considerations in Israel are complicating the process.

Kushner also noted that the US is still grasping the scale of Gaza's current level of militarization, saying it is "beyond your comprehension" and that demilitarizing it will not be easy. He added that the US had worked with Hamas for over four months and that the group had signed an agreement committing to demilitarization.

The comments were made while Kushner was in Ukraine, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss security and diplomacy. Meanwhile, other countries have condemned statements by Israeli ministers advocating the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, rejecting any attempt to displace Palestinians as a violation of international law.

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