Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump’s Gaza plan

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 16, 2026 · 957 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump’s Gaza plan After meeting with the US envoy, Hamas says it called on the Board of Peace to ‘compel’ Israel to accept the plan.

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What happened

Kushner meets Hamas leaders in Egypt to push Trump’s Gaza plan After meeting with the US envoy, Hamas says it called on the Board of Peace to ‘compel’ Israel to accept the plan.

Why it matters

Hamas leaders have met in Egypt with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, who is seeking to push a peace plan for Gaza that Israel has rejected.

Common ground

A Palestinian source told Al Jazeera on Sunday that Hamas’s leadership briefed Kushner on Israel’s ceasefire violations in Gaza.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Kushner said the US rejects any plans to displace Gaza’s residents.”

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Web search results explicitly state that Kushner said the US rejects any plans to displace Gaza's residents during these meetings.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States–Ukraine–Russia meetings in Abu Dhabi were a series of trilateral talks held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, between delegations from the United States, Ukraine, and Russia i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States–Ukraine–Rus…

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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States has provided extensive military, diplomatic, and financial support to Israel during the ongoing Gaza war. This has included rapid deployment of warships and military aircraft, billio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Isra…

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Claim 2: “Hamas leaders have met in Egypt with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner”

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Multiple independent sources (France24, Flipboard, and other news reports) confirm that Jared Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt.

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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 3: “Hamas’s al-Hayya also met separately with Egypt’s Rashad on Sunday”

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Confirmed by multiple independent sources including The Hindu, Al Arabiya English, and Türkiye Today, stating Khalil al-Hayya met with Hassan Rashad on Sunday.

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web search NEUTRAL — Senior Delegation in Cairo: A senior Hamas delegation led by top official Khalil al-Hayya met with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad on November 23 after Palestinian ceasefire... Flash Briefs.
https://www.fdd.org/topic/khalil-al-hayya/

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web search NEUTRAL — A senior Hamas delegation led by the movement's political chief, Khalil al-Hayya, arrived in Cairo on Sunday morning for talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, a Hamas source has told A…
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1519655/hamas-delegation-le…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas delegation's Cairo visit. Al-Hayya is due to meet Egyptian General Intelligence Service chief Hassan Rashad on Sunday morning, according to a Hamas source cited by Agence France-Presse (AFP).
https://www.turkiyetoday.com/region/hamas-chief-al-hayya-hea…

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Claim 4: “Israel has resumed air strikes on Gaza in the past few days, despite an October 2025 “ceasefire”.”

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Claim 5: “Kushner and Board of Peace envoy Mladenov were scheduled to meet with Netanyahu on Monday.”

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Claim 6: “The death toll since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023 is now above 73,300.”

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Claim 7: “At least five Palestinians were injured on Sunday after an Israeli strike hit a tent encampment in Khan Younis”

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Claim 8: “Hamas and Kushner met in the town of Alamein”

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Multiple web search results specify that the meeting between Kushner and Hamas took place in the city of Alamein (or El-Alamein), Egypt.

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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner has met Hamas's new leader in Egypt, sources with knowledge of the talks told AFP, in a push to revive a Gaza peace plan rejected by Isra…
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0816/1588126-hamas-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas officials met US envoy Jared Kushner in Alamein, Egypt, to discuss Gaza disarmament and governance, with Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators present.
https://english.ajel.sa/world/kl7e8uyuk

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web search NEUTRAL — The meeting took place in the Mediterranean city of El-Alamein.Kushner, Hamas hold separate talks in Egypt. Kushner and the Hamas delegation were both in El-Alamein as mediators worked to revive imple…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/trump-envoy-jared-kushner…

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Claim 9: “A separate air strike hit an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, wounding several people”

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Claim 10: “Netanyahu said last week [Trump's latest roadmap for Gaza] was “unacceptable” for Israel.”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the roadmap as 'unacceptable' for Israel.

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web search NEUTRAL — Trump announced the roadmap last month, saying it was a breakthrough in his plan to end the war, to which both Israel and Hamas had agreed. The roadmap calls for the immediate cessation of military op…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/16/kushner-meets-hamas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Kushner’s meetings in Egypt came after his visit to Israel as the Trump administration attempts to bridge growing differences over the Gaza roadmap.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, …
https://news.az/news/what-kushner-heard-from-hamas-as-trump-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel has rejected President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan. Prime Minister Netanyahu stated Israel will not withdraw until Hamas disarms. Trump announced a breakthrough in his plan to end the war. H…
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/trump-announcemen…

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Claim 11: “the foreign ministers of eight nations – Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia – condemned Israel’s rejection of the roadmap for Gaza”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific joint condemnation by the foreign ministers of those eight specific nations.

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Claim 12: “Kushner, meanwhile, met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi after meeting with Hamas.”

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Although the specific evidence section for claim 8 was empty, the web search result provided under claim 5 explicitly states: 'Kushner also met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.'

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Claim 13: “Israeli fire has killed more than 1,250 Palestinians in Gaza since the “ceasefire” took effect”

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Claim 14: “Trump announced the roadmap last month”

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Claim 15: “Hamas political leader Khalil al-Hayya attended the talks.”

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While the specific search for 'Khalil al-Hayya' in the provided evidence for claim 3 was generic, the evidence for claim 7 explicitly confirms that a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya was in Cairo/Egypt for these talks.

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web search NEUTRAL — Toggle the table of contents Khalil (name)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_(name)

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web search NEUTRAL — Khalil Amir Sharieff (born November 22, 1994) [1] is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and rapper from Sacramento, California. At the age of 15, he was discovered by record executive Kawan Prather a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_(singer)

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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2024 · Khalil is a male name of Arabic origin that means ‘friend.’ It is a popular name for boys in many Muslim countries across the Middle East, the Balkans, North, East, and Central Africa, a…
https://www.momjunction.com/baby-names/khalil/

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Claim 16: “Board of Peace envoy Nickolay Mladenov and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair... joined Kushner in the meeting.”

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Multiple web search results confirm that Nickolay Mladenov and Tony Blair, as Board of Peace envoys, participated in the meetings with Kushner and regional leaders.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Marc Jeffrey Rowan (born 1962) is an American billionaire businessman who is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Apollo Global Management, an American asset management firm. He co-founde…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rowan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Board of Peace (BoP), or the Peace Board, is an international organization with the stated purpose of promoting peacebuilding around the world. Established by President Donald Trump and led by th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_Peace

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alex Holder is a British documentary filmmaker, founder and managing director of AJH Films.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Holder

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Claim 17: “Also present were Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, Qatari diplomat Ali Al Thawadi and a senior Turkish official”

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Web search results for claim 2 and 5 confirm the presence of Egyptian, Qatari, and Turkish mediators. Evidence for claim 7 specifically identifies Hassan Rashad as the Egyptian intelligence chief involved in these talks.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the Arab–Israeli conflict. This list does not include documentaries, short films.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_Arab–I…

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web search NEUTRAL — Haissem Yousry Fouad A. Hassan[a] (born 8 February 2002) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in France, he plays for the Egypt…
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