{
  "id": 1375397,
  "title": "US envoy Kushner meets Hamas' leader in push for Gaza road map before heading to see Netanyahu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/us-envoy-kushner-meets-hamas-leader-in-push-for-gaza-road-map-before",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T23:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260817/us-envoy-kushner-meets-hamas-leader-in-push-for-gaza-road-map-before-heading-to-see-netanyahu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner met with Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on Sunday, marking a rare diplomatic effort to advance the stalled Gaza ceasefire. The meeting aims to salvage a 15-point U.S.-backed road map, which requires Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the territory. At risk are the lives of approximately 2 million people in Gaza, as well as the reconstruction of the enclave now largely under Israeli control, following over 10 months of military operations. Kushner was accompanied by fellow envoy Steve Witkoff and will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday. The meeting in Egypt with al-Hayya, which helped secure the ceasefire, involved Kushner and Witkoff.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "U.S. envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo",
    "Meeting aimed to salvage 15-point U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire road map",
    "Kushner accompanied by envoy Steve Witkoff and will meet with Netanyahu"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Kushner's meeting with Hamas signals a US push to revive stalled Gaza talks, suggesting Washington now sees direct engagement with the group as necessary to move forward with a peace plan.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "US envoy Kushner meets Hamas' leader in push for Gaza road map before heading to see Netanyahu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/us-envoy-kushner-meets-hamas-leader-in-push-for-gaza-road-map-before",
        "published": "2026-08-17T00:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}