Jared Kushner, son-in-law and adviser to US President Donald Trump, is expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (local time) to push a 15-point Gaza plan that Israel has previously rejected.
The meeting comes a day after Kushner traveled to El-Alamein, Egypt, for talks with mediators from Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt. He was accompanied by Nickolay Mladenov, Director-General of the Peace Committee, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
According to a source familiar with the matter, Kushner also held a rare meeting with members of Hamas's political leadership, aiming to “translate commitments from the roadmap into concrete, verifiable steps.”
In late July, Trump announced that an agreement had been reached on disarming Hamas. The agreement is credited to the US-led Peace Committee, established in February 2026, comprising about 40 countries, including Israel and several Arab nations, but without Palestinian representation. Trump has been appointed as the committee's lifetime chairman.
Netanyahu, who is seeking re-election in October, has publicly rejected the plan, opposing the provision under which Hamas would gradually disarm and transfer control of the Gaza Strip to an international force, in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal.
For its part, Hamas said it has accepted the plan, but implementation would depend on Israel meeting its commitments first, including withdrawing troops and ceasing attacks.
Last week, Peace Committee officials confirmed that Kushner would lead a delegation to Egypt and Israel to break the diplomatic deadlock.
The Peace Committee was established under the comprehensive Gaza ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in late 2025. At least 1,260 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza due to Israeli attacks since the ceasefire took effect.
