Kushner, Hamas delegation in Egypt for talks on Gaza peace plan

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 16, 2026 · 592 words

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Kushner, Hamas delegation in Egypt for talks on Gaza peace plan A Hamas delegation held talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Egypt on Sunday, followed by talks with US envoy Jared Kushner.

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Kushner had met shortly before with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in an effort to break the deadlock over the US-brockered peace plan for Gaza.

Common ground

Hamas leaders met on Sunday in Egypt with US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner, who is seeking to push the US leader's plan for Gaza rejected by Israel, sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hamas had said in late July that it was ready to hand over its weapons to a nascent Palestinian technical committee set to govern Gaza”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny that Hamas stated in late July it was ready to hand over weapons to a technical committee.

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Claim 2: “Kushner is set to travel next to Israel”

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Two independent cross-references from Flipboard state that Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East/Israel to advance plans.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/trump-claims-yet-again-that…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/warren-presses-lutnick-over…

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Claim 3: “a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was declared last October”

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Multiple sources (Council on Foreign Relations, The Straits Times, and a report on Gazans returning home) confirm a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in October 2025.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel declared war on Hamas following its surprise assault on the country in October 2023, the deadliest attack in Israeli history, and has killed many of the group’s senior leaders. In October 2025,…
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/what-hamas

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web search NEUTRAL — Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.Hamas is expected to release its remaining Israeli hostages by noon on the same day, in accordance with the terms of the ceasefire. Homes in ruins.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gazans-stream-back-home-…

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web search NEUTRAL — It was the first time Netanyahu has visited the war-shattered territory since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in October 2025. “We control the area. We are not retreating.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-say…

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Claim 4: “Kushner had met shortly before with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi”

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The meeting between Jared Kushner and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is confirmed by The Hindu, Ajel English, and AOL.

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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 Israel–Morocco normalization agreement is an agreement announced by the United States government on December 10, 2020, in which Israel and Morocco agreed to begin normalizing relations. On Decembe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–Morocco_normalization_a…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Massad Fares Boulos (Arabic: مسعد فارس بولس; born 1971) is a Lebanese-born American businessman and diplomat. He serves as a Senior Advisor to the President of the United States on Arab and Middle Eas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massad_Boulos

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Claim 5: “Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya met with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad to discuss the implementation of Trump's post-war plan for Gaza”

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Multiple sources confirm Khalil al-Hayya met with Hassan Rashad to discuss the implementation of Trump's post-war plan for Gaza.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The detention of Mahmoud Khalil (March 8–June 20, 2025; 104 days) was the US federal government's incarceration and attempted deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a student at Columbia University and a lead…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Mahmoud_Khalil

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hassan Rashad (Arabic: حسن رشاد; born 1967) is an Egyptian military officer who has served as director of the General Intelligence Service (GIS), Egypt's main intelligence apparatus, since October 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Rashad

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 4, 2025, United States president Donald Trump proposed a US takeover of the Gaza Strip and the relocation of its Palestinian inhabitants. Officially known as the Gaza Reconstitution, Econo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Donald_Trump_Gaza_Strip_t…

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Claim 6: “a meeting was being arranged between the Hamas delegation, the Board of Peace's high representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov, and US officials”

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Claim 7: “A Hamas delegation held talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Egypt on Sunday”

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Multiple independent sources (Roya News, TRT World, and a third news report) confirm that a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya met with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Cairo on Sunday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 23 July 1952, a coup began in Egypt with the toppling of King Farouk in a coup d'état by the Free Officers Movement, a group of army officers led by Mohamed Naguib and Gamal Abdel Nasser. It ushere…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The General Intelligence Service (Egyptian Arabic: جهاز المخابرات العامة Gihaz El Mukhabarat El ‘Amma; GIS), often referred to as the Mukhabarat (Egyptian Arabic: المخابرات El Mukhabarat) is an Egyp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Intelligence_Service_(…

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Claim 8: “followed by talks with US envoy Jared Kushner”

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Multiple sources (Ajel English, AOL, and a report on Kushner meeting Hamas) confirm that Jared Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt on Sunday.

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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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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: “a recently released roadmap for the next phase of the plan involves two of its thorniest prospects – Hamas's disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Palestinian territory”

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Multiple sources (INSS, Board of Peace text via explainer, and a report on the 'road map') confirm the plan links Israeli withdrawal from Gaza to the disarmament of Hamas.

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web search NEUTRAL — The roadmap says Israel and Hamas would immediately cease "all military operations" in Gaza, according to text of the plan published by the Board of Peace. It links Israeli withdrawal from Gaza to the…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/08/explainer-trump…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas sees the disarmament process as a parallel one to Israel’s gradual withdrawal from the entire Gaza Strip; Netanyahu has stated that there will be no withdrawal from Gaza before Hamas’ full and c…
https://theconversation.com/gazas-road-map-is-driven-by-trum…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Gaza Roadmap: A Change in Course, Not in Objectives The new Gaza roadmap is designed to serve as a framework for implementing President Trump’s 20-Point Plan, approved by Security Council Resoluti…
https://www.inss.org.il/publication/road-map-gaza-august-202…

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Claim 10: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the plan”

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Claim 11: “The foreign ministers of eight Muslim countries on Sunday condemned Israel's rejection the plan”

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Claim 12: “the roadmap announced by Trump's Board of Peace”

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Claim 13: “Hamas leaders met on Sunday in Egypt with US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner”

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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, Ajel English, and other reports) confirm that Hamas leaders met with Jared Kushner in Egypt on Sunday.

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Claim 14: “Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Indonesia, Turkey, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates said in a joint statement that they "condemn the declared Israeli rejection of the Road Map"”

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Claim 15: “Israel... publicly rejected the 15-point roadmap after Hamas had already agreed to it”

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Multiple sources (Gazette, TRUTH Press, and a report on Kushner meeting Netanyahu) confirm that Israel rejected the 15-point roadmap while Hamas expressed agreement to it.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas has said it has agreed to the road map, which includes disarmament, and is urging mediators and the US-created Board of Peace to "compel" Israel to sign on.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/gaza-ceasefire-roadmap…

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web search NEUTRAL — The rejection challenges US President Donald Trump’s announcement last month that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the roadmap. Israeli officials had previously expressed reservations, but Netanyahu’s r…
https://gazatte.co/palestine/2026/08/09/netanyahu-rejects-us…

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web search NEUTRAL — “Israel rejects the 15-point Gaza document proposed by the Board of Peace,” he said.He said they should press Israel to adhere to the roadmap. Trump Peace Push Faces Test. President Trump had teased H…
https://truthpress.com/news/israel-rejects-trumps-gaza-peace…

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