Event details
President Trump's envoy Jared Kushner met Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt on Sunday, AP and Reuters reported, as part of a push on a Gaza plan. The live desk already recorded the planned Israel and Egypt trip. This item records that the Hamas meeting took place.
Context
A completed meeting is a different fact from a planned itinerary and is the latest official checkpoint on the Gaza track that sits beside the Iran war.
- Local time
- 1:00 PM Cairo time, Aug 16, 2026
- Location
- Egypt
- Relationship
- Update