# Middle East updates: Kushner meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem

https://mins.news/en/item/24132

- DW, 2026-08-17 12:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-updates-kushner-meets-netanyahu-in-jerusalem/live-78396539?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> US envoy Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem as a US-backed plan for governing post-war Gaza remained stalled. Iran said it was finalizing an agreement with Oman on ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel’s national security minister called for dozens of Palestinians to be killed every night in Gaza.

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