Hamas officials were present \u2060at some of the meetings \u200bthat mediators held with Trump\u2019s envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Trump\u2019s Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, Reuters quoted the diplomat as saying.<\/p>\n
In a statement later Hamas called on mediators and the US-created board overseeing the ceasefire to \u201ccompel\u201d Israel to approve Trump\u2019s latest roadmap for peace.<\/p>\n
Kushner, Mladenov and former British prime minister Tony Blair were scheduled to meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Associated Press cited two people as saying. The Israeli prime \u2060minister has said Trump\u2019s 15-point Gaza<\/a> plan is \u201cunacceptable\u201d \u2013 a rare public show of defiance against close ally the US.<\/p>\n The Israeli military said on Sunday that its aircraft struck two Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants in Gaza\u2019s Khan Younis and Nuseirat. At least five Palestinians \u200cwere wounded in the strike that hit a tent encampment, Gaza medics said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the 60-day memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran<\/a> aimed at ending their conflict expires on Monday 17 August, with their talks still stalled.<\/p>\n Shipping through the strait of Hormuz slowed over the \u2060weekend, data showed on Monday, after attacks on tankers. Five commodity vessels \u2060transited \u200bthe vital energy route on Saturday, with none registered for Sunday, ship tracking data from Kpler showed, versus 31 in \u2060the previous weekend.<\/p>\n In other developments:<\/p>\n Israel resumed its airstrikes on Gaza in the past few days \u200cafter scaling back the attacks earlier this month. One of those wounded in the Khan Younis strike died from their wounds, medics at Nasser hospital said later. A separate airstrike, which the Israeli military said targeted another militant, hit an apartment in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, wounding several people, medics said.<\/p>\n A senior Israeli official said on Sunday that Israel was concerned about Washington\u2019s demand to end targeted assassinations of Hamas militants in Gaza as the group rebuilds its forces, Reuters reported. Trump\u2019s peace \u2060plan calls for the immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza and foresees Hamas disarming as Israeli troops withdraw from the territory and Gaza is rebuilt.<\/p>\n Several regional powers including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday condemned Israel\u2019s rejection of the peace road map, saying the country is obstructing peace efforts.<\/p>\n The top US military commander in the Middle East visited the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea amid reports <\/a>of mental health and supply issues onboard. Adm Brad Cooper praised the leadership of the long-deployed aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n The meeting marks the second known meeting between Jared Kushner with representatives of Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kushner, Trump\u2019s envoy and son-in-law, previously met Hamas officials alongside US envoy Steve Witkoff in October 2025, helping clinch a deal that led to a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of remaining hostages seized by \u200cHamas in the 7 October, 2023 attacks on Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A \u2060diplomatic source said Hamas<\/a> leader Khalil Al-Hayya was present at some of the meetings that mediators held \u2060with Kushner and Trump\u2019s Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, \u200bNickolay Mladenov, in Cairo on \u200cSunday.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected US President Donald Trump\u2019s 15-point plan for Gaza, stating that no military pull-out will happen until Hamas is \u201cgenuinely\u201d disarmed.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s Board of Peace in July proposed the 15-point plan, which mandated that Hamas<\/a> disarm in exchange for providing a full Israeli military withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and an eventual transition of power to an independent Palestinian National Committee.<\/p>\n Trump had said that the agreement would be implemented in stages, but Netanyahu said that he wanted a full disarmament first in order to implement the deal<\/p>\n On Gaza<\/a>, he said:<\/p>\n double quotation markIsrael does not accept the 15-point document. The IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is disarmed. And when I say the disarming of Hamas, it means heavy weaponry, lighter weaponry, all weaponry. And we are talking about genuine disarmament, not fictitious disarmament. Right now, we are talking with the Americans about this issue.<\/p>\n But Hamas said handing over its heavy weapons was contingent on Israel ending \u201call forms of aggression\u201d and withdrawing its forces from Gaza.<\/p>\n Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Gaza since agreeing to an initial ceasefire in the territory last October.<\/p>\n You can read more of the background to this here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Opening summary: Kushner reportedly meets Hamas as it calls for pressure on Israel<\/p>\n Welcome to our live coverage of the latest in the continuing conflicts in the Middle East.<\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s envoys met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, aiming to advance the US president\u2019s Gaza peace plan, even as Israel<\/a> pressed on with airstrikes \u2060in the territory.<\/p>\n Hamas officials were present \u2060at some of the meetings \u200bthat mediators held with Trump\u2019s envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Trump\u2019s Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, Reuters quoted the diplomat as saying.<\/p>\n In a statement later Hamas called on mediators and the US-created board overseeing the ceasefire to \u201ccompel\u201d Israel to approve Trump\u2019s latest roadmap for peace.<\/p>\n Kushner, Mladenov and former British prime minister Tony Blair were scheduled to meet on Monday with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Associated Press cited two people as saying. The Israeli prime \u2060minister has said Trump\u2019s 15-point Gaza<\/a> plan is \u201cunacceptable\u201d \u2013 a rare public show of defiance against close ally the US.<\/p>\n Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, right, with Jared Kushner, second left, and others at the talks in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. Photograph: Egyptian President Office\/APAImages\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n The Israeli military said on Sunday that its aircraft struck two Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants in Gaza\u2019s Khan Younis and Nuseirat. At least five Palestinians \u200cwere wounded in the strike that hit a tent encampment, Gaza medics said.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the 60-day memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran<\/a> aimed at ending their conflict expires on Monday 17 August, with their talks still stalled.<\/p>\n Shipping through the strait of Hormuz slowed over the \u2060weekend, data showed on Monday, after attacks on tankers. Five commodity vessels \u2060transited \u200bthe vital energy route on Saturday, with none registered for Sunday, ship tracking data from Kpler showed, versus 31 in \u2060the previous weekend.<\/p>\n In other developments:<\/p>\n Israel resumed its airstrikes on Gaza in the past few days \u200cafter scaling back the attacks earlier this month. One of those wounded in the Khan Younis strike died from their wounds, medics at Nasser hospital said later. A separate airstrike, which the Israeli military said targeted another militant, hit an apartment in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, wounding several people, medics said.<\/p>\n A senior Israeli official said on Sunday that Israel was concerned about Washington\u2019s demand to end targeted assassinations of Hamas militants in Gaza as the group rebuilds its forces, Reuters reported. Trump\u2019s peace \u2060plan calls for the immediate cessation of military operations in Gaza and foresees Hamas disarming as Israeli troops withdraw from the territory and Gaza is rebuilt.<\/p>\n Several regional powers including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Sunday condemned Israel\u2019s rejection of the peace road map, saying the country is obstructing peace efforts.<\/p>\n The top US military commander in the Middle East visited the USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea amid reports <\/a>of mental health and supply issues onboard. Adm Brad Cooper praised the leadership of the long-deployed aircraft carrier.<\/p>\n![\"Egyptian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/918.jpg\")
Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, right, with Jared Kushner, second left, and others at the talks in Cairo, Egypt, on Sunday. Photograph: Egyptian President Office\/APAImages\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n