# Netanyahu and Kushner agree US general will verify Hamas disarmament before Israel withdraws from Gaza

https://mins.news/en/item/24450

- France 24, 2026-08-17 18:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260817-netanyahu-kushner-agree-us-general-verify-hamas-disarmament-before-israel-withdraws-from-gaza

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner agreed that an American general would oversee Hamas’s disarmament, according to an Israeli official. Netanyahu maintained that Israel would not leave Gaza until Hamas gives up its weapons, as the Trump administration seeks to revive its peace plan amid tensions with him.

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