Kushner holds talks with Egyptian president, Hamas representatives - TV

TASS · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 16, 2026 · 220 words

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What to know about Kushner holds talks with Egyptian president, Hamas representatives - TV

Jared Kushner visited El Alamein, Egypt, to meet with mediators and Hamas leaders regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip. The article also notes meetings between a Hamas delegation and Egypt's intelligence chief, referencing a three-stage ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025.

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What happened

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a series of meetings in Egypt’s El Alamein, focusing on the situation in the Gaza Strip, the Al Hadath television channel reported.

Why it matters

According to its sources, Kushner met with mediators in the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas, with Hamas leaders, and with Nickolay Mladenov, the Gaza Board of Peace high representative.

Common ground

The Egyptian president’s press service said earlier that during a meeting with Kushner, President Abdelfattah el-Sisi had called on all the parties to the Gaza conflict to honor the agreement that was signed in October 2025 in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

Follow-up questions

What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Kushner holds talks with Egyptian president, Hamas representatives - TV?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that In October 2025, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip with the mediation of the United States, Egypt, and Qatar?
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Low risk. This article shows minimal use of propaganda techniques.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In October 2025, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip with the mediation of the United States, Egypt, and Qatar”

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TASS and The Islamic Post report that a ceasefire agreement was reached in October 2025 mediated by the US, Egypt, and Qatar. This is further supported by Wikipedia entries regarding the 'Gaza peace plan'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The agreement, mediated by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States, also talks about post-war reconstruction efforts in the Palestinian enclave, where more than 60 percent of buildings have been destroyed…
https://www.islamicpostonline.com/article/israel-and-hamas-r…

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web search NEUTRAL — Another agreement, brokered by the US, Egypt and Qatar in January 2025 was also violated by the zionists after the release of another batch of their prisoners. The media office in Gaza reported that I…
https://crescent.icit-digital.org/articles/indirect-hamas-is…

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web search NEUTRAL — The US said that it is committed to ensuring that Hamas "never again" governs Gaza following a ceasefire deal between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group that was reached after more than a yea…
https://www.trtworld.com/article/18254303

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Claim 2: “The subsequent phases envisaged ending the conflict, withdrawing Israeli forces, and rebuilding the Gaza Strip”

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TASS, Palestine Chronicle, and other web reports confirm that subsequent phases of the agreement focused on ending the conflict, full Israeli withdrawal, and the rebuilding of the Gaza Strip.

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web search NEUTRAL — Darwish stressed Hamas’s full commitment to the ceasefire deal and outlined clear and repeated violations by Israel.Trump has described it as an initiative aimed at stabilizing and rebuilding Gaza fol…
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/02/23/764570/Hamas-rep…

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web search NEUTRAL — The agreement would be based on President Trump’s Gaza peace plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803 (2025), providing the framework for ending the war, completing Israel’s withdrawal, rebuilding…
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/the-blueprint-for-post-wa…

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web search NEUTRAL — The third and final phase will focus on rebuilding Gaza, a process that could take years, as well as returning the bodies of any remaining hostages. Aerial view of buildings destroyed by Israeli air s…
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/british-hostage-freed-israel-h…

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Claim 3: “the delegation held talks on the situation in Gaza with Egypt’s intelligence chief Hassan Rashad”

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France 24, TRT World, and other web reports explicitly state that the Hamas delegation held talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in El Alamein/Cairo. Wikipedia confirms Hassan Rashad's role as GIS director.

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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 — 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 — In October 2025, following a ceasefire that paused the Gaza war, Hamas redeployed 7,000 militants to assert control over the Gaza Strip, reportedly arresting dozens of suspected collaborators and anti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Hamas–Doghmush_conflict

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Claim 4: “President Abdelfattah el-Sisi had called on all the parties to the Gaza conflict to honor the agreement that was signed in October 2025 in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh”

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While TASS reports that President el-Sisi called on parties to honor the October 2025 agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, other provided sources discuss general calls for ceasefires or different meetings, but do not specifically corroborate this specific call regarding the October 2025 agreement.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth president of Egypt since 2014. After the 2011 Egypt…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi

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web search NEUTRAL — The Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, affirmed their rejection of the displacement of the Palestinians from Gaza after a meet…
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/egypt--kuwait-l…

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web search NEUTRAL — Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth president of Egypt since 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi

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Claim 5: “A Hamas delegation led by its new leader Khalil al-Hayya also arrived in El Alamein”

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Multiple sources (Yahoo News Canada, TRT World, and other web reports) confirm that a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya arrived in Egypt and met in El Alamein.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A suicide attack (also known by a wide variety of other names, see below) is a deliberate attack in which the perpetrators intentionally end their own lives as part of the attack. These attacks are a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_attack

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web search NEUTRAL — The delegation led by al-Hayya arrived in Egypt on Saturday evening. The delegation began a meeting with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in the Egyptian city of El-Alamein, the Hamas officia…
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/08/16/ha…

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Claim 6: “The initiative consisted of three stages: the first included a halt to hostilities, the release of detained persons, an expansion of humanitarian aid deliveries to the enclave, and a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces”

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Web search results (Caliber.Az and others) describe the first phase of the ceasefire agreement as including a halt to hostilities, release of detainees, and humanitarian aid, matching the claim's description.

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web search NEUTRAL — The ceasefire agreement, reached in January 2025 with mediation by Egypt, Qatar and the United States, предусматривает a two-stage implementation process. The first phase included a halt to hostilitie…
https://caliber.az/en/post/hamas-says-it-has-met-all-ceasefi…

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web search NEUTRAL — The “Ceasefire” Agreement and Phase One Implementation. As with the January 2025 ceasefire agreement, which Israel broke just two months later, the first step of the October deal was the easiest to co…
https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/phase-twos-baked-in-failur…

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web search NEUTRAL — The newspaper added that the new offer includes a halt to Israeli attacks for 6 weeks as a first stage in order to release Israeli prisoners of children, women, and the elderly who need urgent medical…
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/new-deal-in-the-making-wh…

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Claim 7: “Kushner met with mediators in the indirect talks between Israel and Hamas, with Hamas leaders, and with Nickolay Mladenov, the Gaza Board of Peace high representative”

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The claim is supported by TASS and multiple web reports mentioning meetings with Hamas leaders and Nickolay Mladenov of the Board of Peace. Wikipedia entries for 'Gaza peace plan' and 'Resolution 2803' provide the broader institutional context for these meetings.

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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 — Resolution 2803 adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 17 November 2025 contains provisions for the transitional governance of the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Gaza war. The resolutio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Resolution_28…

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Claim 8: “US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a series of meetings in Egypt’s El Alamein, focusing on the situation in the Gaza Strip”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent sources, including TASS, Al Hadath (via TASS), and other web reports, confirm that Jared Kushner held meetings in El Alamein, Egypt, regarding the situation in Gaza.

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web search NEUTRAL — The sources said the meeting took place in El Alamein with the participation of senior officials from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, which have been involved in mediation efforts over Gaza. According to the…
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260817-report-hamas-lead…

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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a series of meetings in Egypt’s El Alamein, focusing on the situation in the Gaza Strip, the Al Hadath television channel reported.
https://tass.com/world/2173901

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web search NEUTRAL — The meeting took place in El-Alamein in northern Egypt, rather than Cairo, and focused on ways to implement the 15-point roadmap for Gaza, according to reports citing Palestinian officials.
https://gazatte.co/middle-east/2026/08/16/hamas-delegation-m…

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