What Happened in Trump's Son-in-Law's Meeting with Khalil al-Hayya?
TEHRAN (Defapress) - Following the impasse in the implementation of the ceasefire and peace agreement in the Gaza Strip, Jared Kushner, special envoy and son-in-law of Donald Trump, met with Khalil al-Hayya, Head of the Hamas Political Bureau, in Cairo on Sunday. This meeting took place just before Kushner's scheduled meeting with Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, on Monday.
The meeting between Kushner and Steve Witkoff, which lasted more than two hours, was held in Egypt with the leadership of Hamas, in the presence and active mediation of senior officials from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey. According to regional sources, the main focus of these consultations was to ensure Hamas’s full compliance with the provisions of the roadmap, especially the key and sensitive issue of the movement’s gradual disarmament, before direct negotiations with the Israeli side. Kushner is scheduled to hold closed-door talks with Netanyahu on Monday, along with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and the head of the Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov, to discuss a way out of the political-military impasse.
According to official statistics from the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 1,200 Palestinians have been killed and 4,100 wounded since the ceasefire was implemented on October 10, 2025.
Under the new roadmap, Hamas is required to hand over all its weapons to a technocratic and independent Palestinian committee that is expected to run Gaza’s daily affairs. In return, Israel must stop all attacks and begin a phased withdrawal of its forces. However, Hamas has conditioned the handover of heavy weapons on accepting the right to form an independent Palestinian state, which has been strongly opposed by the Israeli government.
After the meeting, Hamas issued an official statement calling on regional mediators and the Peace Council to pressure Tel Aviv to approve and implement the roadmap. An informed Hamas official stressed that the movement is committed to the agreements and is waiting for all parties to agree to begin a 14-day period of negotiations to develop an implementation schedule. He stated that the condition for starting this process is an immediate cessation of Israeli attacks and the return of its forces to the Yellow Line.
On the other hand, Netanyahu’s recent move to reject the peace plan has been met with reactions from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia. In a joint statement, these countries held Israel responsible for obstructing the path to peace. The Israeli Prime Minister, who is on the eve of the challenging elections on October 27 and the anniversary of the October 7 incident, has announced under pressure from his coalition that there will be no retreat until Hamas is completely disarmed.
