Kushner Meets Hamas Leader, Then Presses Netanyahu on Gaza Plan

Jared Kushner met Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Cairo on August 16, 2026, with mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey. It was their second known meeting. Kushner asked Hamas to give up its weapons under Trump's Gaza plan before seeing Netanyahu in Jerusalem on August 17. Hamas says it will only do so if Netanyahu publicly backs the plan.