# Why Kushner met Hamas leaders, and what it means for Trump’s Gaza roadmap

https://mins.news/en/item/24207

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-17 13:07 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/17/why-kushner-met-hamas-leaders-and-what-it-means-for-trumps-gaza-roadmap?traffic_source=rss

> US envoy Jared Kushner held an unprecedented meeting with a Hamas delegation in Cairo and is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Monday. Washington is pressing a 15-point Gaza roadmap approved by Donald Trump, but Netanyahu has rejected it and says Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed.

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