Overview
- U.S. envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt on Sunday in a rare face-to-face effort to revive a stalled Gaza ceasefire plan.
- Kushner pressed Hamas to convert its public commitment to hand over weapons into concrete, verifiable actions that would allow a technocratic Palestinian committee to take over day-to-day governance in Gaza.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected the Board of Peace roadmap and says Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed, and Kushner is scheduled to meet Netanyahu the following day to seek Israeli agreement.
- The White House did not immediately confirm the talks and the Board of Peace offered no immediate comment, while Israeli strikes and Palestinian casualties continued during the renewed diplomacy.
- Regional mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey backed the outreach and have pressed Israel to accept the plan, but key steps—withdrawals, committee entry, deployment of an international stabilisation force and reconstruction—remain suspended pending verified disarmament.