Jared Kushner meets with Hamas ahead of talks with Netanyahu on Gaza

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Aug 17, 2026 · 779 words · By Associated Press; Guardian staff reporter

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Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire.

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What happened

Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy, Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire.

Why it matters

Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, who is under pressure after rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map.

Common ground

The talks aim to salvage the plan for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/jared-kushner-hamas-gaza-meeting

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the third anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October”

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Claim 2: “Kushner was one of a trio of envoys meeting with al-Hayya, with officials from mediating countries Egypt, Qatar and Turkey also there”

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The provided web search results for this claim are completely irrelevant (discussing Shopee Express and WhatsApp scams), providing no evidence for the presence of officials from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.

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Claim 3: “The over-two-hour meeting in Egypt with Hamas’s political chief, Khalil al-Hayya”

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Two separate reports citing regional and Hamas officials confirm the meeting with Khalil al-Hayya lasted over two hours.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas

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Claim 4: “Benjamin Netanyahu... rejecting the new 15-point, US-backed road map”

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Multiple sources, including The Guardian and other news reports, confirm Netanyahu's public rejection of the 15-point US-backed roadmap for Gaza.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949), nicknamed "Bibi", is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 199…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Neta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…

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Claim 5: “Kushner; Tony Blair, the former British prime minister; and Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace director, are to meet with Netanyahu on Monday”

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Web search results confirm that Jared Kushner, Nickolay Mladenov, and Tony Blair met with Netanyahu on Monday.

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web search NEUTRAL — File photo of Jared Kushner from January. Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law and Middle East envoy, has held lengthy talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the premier's spokesper…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c77gg5vn44yo

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web search NEUTRAL — Isaac Herzog, Jared Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov are among six officials sitting on cream sofas in a wood-panelled room with beige curtains hanging behind them, next to plants placed on window sills.…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77gg5vn44yo

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web search NEUTRAL — Jared Kushner, Board of Peace head Nikolay Mladenov, and Tony Blair met with Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials on Monday, continuing to apply pressure on Israel to move forward with the nex…
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-90573…

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Claim 6: “Kushner will meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu”

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Three independent news sources (Nypost, CNBC, Al Jazeera) explicitly state that Kushner was scheduled to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 8 April 2026, the United States and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in the 2026 Iran war, mediated by Pakistan. Iran had rejected the draft proposal for a 45-day two-phase ceasefire framework i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_ceasefire

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner

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Claim 7: “Netanyahu faces a challenging election on 27 October”

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Claim 8: “A meeting between Kushner, fellow envoy Steve Witkoff and Hamas leaders in Egypt last year helped clinch the ceasefire”

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Both Axios and other ceasefire update reports confirm that a secret meeting between Kushner, Steve Witkoff, and Hamas leaders in Egypt last year helped secure the ceasefire.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States specia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff

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Claim 9: “In May, Netanyahu said the next step was to move to 70% control”

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Claim 10: “Under the roadmap, Hamas would hand over weapons to the Palestinian technocratic committee”

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Claim 11: “Several regional powers including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s rejection of the roadmap”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant articles about chia seeds and weight loss, offering no information regarding a joint statement by regional powers.

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Claim 12: “Israeli forces have moved beyond it and now control about 60% of Gaza”

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Multiple sources confirm that Israeli forces control approximately 60% of the Gaza Strip.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Gaza is bordered by Egypt o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

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web search NEUTRAL — Last Thursday, Netanyahu declared that Israeli forces currently control approximately 60 percent of the Gaza Strip and intend to increase that figure to 70 percent, a move viewed as contrary to the ce…
https://en.imarabic.com/washington-distances-itself-from-net…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli forces currently control more than 60 percent of the Gaza Strip, where daily violence continues despite a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas. /dl.
https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/749038/israelis-march-to-…

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Claim 13: “Israel has killed more than 1,200 Palestinians in Gaza, and wounded more than 4,100 since agreeing to the ceasefire on 10 October 2025, according to Gaza’s health ministry”

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Claim 14: “Jared Kushner, held a rare meeting with Hamas’s political chief on Sunday in Egypt”

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Multiple independent sources (The Standard/AFP, and other web search results) confirm that Jared Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday.

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