POLITICS● ELEVATEDAug 16 · Aug 16, 2026, 6:14 PM
US envoy Kushner visits Hamas leader in push for Gaza road map before Netanyahu meeting
South China Morning Post
US negotiator and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief on Sunday in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire. Kushner will meet Israel’s prime minister on Monday. The talks aim to salvage the new 15-point, US-backed road map for Hamas to disarm in Gaza and Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian territory shattered by war. At stake are the lives of some 2 million people in Gaza and the reconstruction of the...
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