Kushner Heads to Israel and Egypt for Gaza Talks as Trump Ceasefire Plan Hits Israeli Resistance
Updated
Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 14
Kushner Heads to Israel and Egypt for Gaza Talks as Trump Ceasefire Plan Hits Israeli Resistance
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 14
Summary
Jared Kushner, Nickolay Mladenov and Tony Blair are due in Israel on Sunday before heading to Cairo to push Gaza talks after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire plan stalled.
The trip aims to revive a deal under which Hamas would disarm, Israel would withdraw, and a Palestinian technocratic body now meeting in Cairo would take over Gaza.
Israel has publicly resisted the plan despite Hamas accepting weapons decommissioning, with Benjamin Netanyahu insisting Israeli forces will not leave until Hamas is fully disarmed.
That impasse has exposed rare friction between Trump and Israel and threatens a broader effort built on the October ceasefire that ended major fighting and freed the remaining hostages.