RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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See the full story · 4 sourcesUS President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner met Sunday with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi to discuss the US plan for Gaza, hours after Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya met with Cairo's spymaster and even as Israel kept up strikes targeting terror groups in the Strip.
Kushner and Hayya, both in the Mediterranean coastal city of El-Alamein, held separate talks on the implementation of Trump's postwar plan for Gaza, which has largely been stalled since a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was declared last October.
Kushner also met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators, a diplomatic source told Reuters. Hamas officials were present at some of the meetings between mediators, Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov, Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, the diplomat said.
The meeting between Kushner and Sissi "emphasized the need for all parties to fulfill their obligations under the Gaza Strip ceasefire agreement," according to presidential spokesperson Mohamed El-Shennawy.
There was no immediate comment from Kushner.
Kushner was set to travel next to Israel, which has publicly rejected the 15-point roadmap, where he was set to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu along with Mladenov, on Monday.
The Hamas delegation, in a meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, "reaffirmed commitment to completing US President Donald Trump's plan."
Hamas had said in late July that it was ready to hand over its weapons to a nascent Palestinian technical committee set to govern Gaza, as part of the roadmap announced by Trump's Board of Peace.
But Netanyahu has publicly rejected the plan , vowing there would be no withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza until the full disarmament of Hamas.
A Hamas source told AFP that the talks with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators hoped "to compel Israel to abide by the agreement."
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the Israeli military said it targeted two terror operatives, who were advancing attacks, in two separate strikes.
A member of the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad was targeted in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, and a Hamas operative was targeted in Nuseirat in central Gaza, according to the military.
"The terrorists advanced terror attacks and were struck in precise aerial strikes to remove the threat," the army says.
Palestinian media reported that several people were injured in both strikes.
The Gaza strikes came a day after an IDF tank was struck by a Hamas explosive device in the southern Gaza Strip, with the Israeli military decrying the incident as a violation of the ceasefire in the enclave.
The Israel Defense Forces said the incident took place during operations of the Givati Brigade near the Yellow Line, which divides the Israeli-held part of Gaza from the Hamas-held part, with no injuries caused.
Amid efforts to advance a US-backed plan to disarm Hamas in the Strip, Israel quietly halted airstrikes in Gaza for a week before resuming them on Wednesday.
The US-backed Board of Peace is trying to move forward with its roadmap for postwar Gaza, which Hamas has accepted, while calling on the US and other mediators to pressure Israel into agreement. The terror group has avoided the use of the term “disarmament,” saying instead that it agrees to hand over weapons to be stored under a US-backed Palestinian technocrat administration, the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, that would run affairs in the territory instead of Hamas, under the supervision of the Board of Peace.
Israeli officials warn that the terror organization is exploiting the process to prevent renewed Israeli military action, with top officials reportedly calling Hamas’s agreement to the deal a “strategic ambush” of Israel.
Israel launched the war after Hamas-led terrorists carried out a brutal massacre of southern communities on October 7, 2023.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report
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