Hamas Leader Khalil al-Hayya Heads to Cairo for Gaza Talks Ahead of Kushner's 2-Nation Visit
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Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 16
Hamas Leader Khalil al-Hayya Heads to Cairo for Gaza Talks Ahead of Kushner's 2-Nation Visit
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Aug 16
Summary
Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s political leader and chief negotiator, is traveling to Cairo for his first Egypt visit since taking over in late July and is expected to meet intelligence chief Hassan Rashad on Sunday.
The talks come before Jared Kushner’s planned trip to Israel and Egypt next week, where Trump’s envoy will try to narrow differences over a Gaza proposal that Benjamin Netanyahu has already rejected.
That 15-point plan would have seen Hamas hand its weapons to a new Palestinian governing committee, while Hamas says it is still waiting for mediators and Washington to pressure Israel to follow the roadmap.
Israeli operations in Gaza continued as diplomacy resumed: Palestinian officials said Israeli fire killed 2 people and wounded 14 on Saturday, with more than 1,250 killed since the October ceasefire and over 73,300 since October 2023.