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US special envoy Jared Kushner's Middle East peace plan talks have ended without a breakthrough after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas' political chief Khalil al-Hayya this week. A senior Israeli official stated that no redeployment or reconstruction in Gaza would occur before Hamas is disarmed, with the first step being to require Hamas to hand over its weapons for decommissioning under US supervision. Kushner suggested that progress on disarmament could be made within 30 days, but Netanyahu has emphasized that any withdrawal from Gaza depends on "genuine" disarmament by Hamas. Foreign ministers of several countries have condemned Israel's rejection of the plan in a joint statement.
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and envoy, agreed on Monday that the Gaza Strip's "demilitarization" should start with Hamas handing over its weapons to an American military general. This was part of a meeting between Netanyahu, Kushner, and other members of Trump's Board of Peace to revive a Gaza peace plan endorsed by Trump and Hamas but rejected by Israel.

The agreement came after Israel rejected the 15-point plan for Gaza last month, with Netanyahu saying no military pullout would happen until Hamas is "genuinely" disarmed. The plan calls for Israeli troops to withdraw as Hamas gives up its weapons, followed by an international stabilization force and a new Palestinian police force.

The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and seven other countries condemned Israel's rejection of the Trump Gaza peace road map, saying it threatens to derail efforts to end the war in Gaza and establish lasting peace. Netanyahu has been criticized for his insistence that Hamas must disarm before Israel takes any steps towards peace.

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Following the meeting between Kushner and Netanyahu - who is gearing up for Israel's October elections - a senior Israeli official told news agency AFP that the two sides had "agreed that no redeployment or reconstruction would take place in the Gaza Strip before Hamas is disarmed throughout Gaza." "It was also agreed that the first step toward the demilitarisation of the Strip would be to require Hamas to hand over its weapons for decommissioning under the supervision of an American general," they added.
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🔮 A senior Israeli official told news agency AFP that the US and Israel had "agreed that no redeployment or reconstruction would take place in the Gaza Strip before Hamas is disarmed throughout Gaza."
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A senior Israeli official told news agency AFP that the US and Israel had "agreed that no redeployment or reconstruction would take place in the Gaza Strip before Hamas is disarmed throughout Gaza." asserted
Hamas → tell → Gaza
US special envoy Jared Kushner's meetings with Israeli and Hamas leaders this week have drawn to a close with no significant movement on Washington's proposed Gaza peace plan. asserted
meetings → draw → plan
Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, flew out to the Middle East to meet with Hamas' political chief Khalil al-Hayya and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the latter publicly rejected the latest 15-point roadmap aimed at ending the conflict earlier this month. asserted
latter → fly → conflict
The plan, announced by Trump's Board of Peace in late July, aims to secure the complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza while requiring Hamas to disarm and relinquish control of governance of the territory. asserted
plan → announce → territory
The militant group has agreed to the plan, while Netanyahu has said that any withdrawal would depend on Hamas "genuinely" disarming. asserted
Hamas → agree → plan
Following the meeting between Kushner and Netanyahu - who is gearing up for Israel's October elections - a senior Israeli official told news agency AFP that the two sides had "agreed that no redeployment or reconstruction would take place in the Gaza Strip before Hamas is disarmed throughout Gaza." "It was also agreed that the first step toward the demilitarisation of the Strip would be to require Hamas to hand over its weapons for decommissioning under the supervision of an American general," they added. asserted
they → follow → general
In a statement, Netanyahu's office called the meeting "deep and constructive," adding that both Israel and the Board of Peace were "determined" that the "disarmament and demilitarisation of Gaza" needed to be "prompt and completed before any reconstruction happens." asserted
reconstruction → call → Gaza
It said they had also agreed on the creation of two working groups, one focused on disarmament and demilitarisation and the other on "sanitation, clean water and other public health issues" for Gazans. asserted
they → say → Gazans
Speaking to Fox News later on Monday, Kushner suggested that there could be progress on getting Hamas to disarm within "as little as 30 days." "We could be seeing progress in as little as 30 days, hopefully starting to take some of the weapons out and hopefully, you know, filling in some of the tunnels," he said. uncertain
he → speak → tunnels
The meetings came as Foreign Ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning Israel's rejection of Washington's Gaza plan. asserted
Ministers → come → plan
"Rejecting the Road Map constitutes an explicit refusal to proceed with the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan, and directly threatens to derail the extensive efforts exerted by US President Trump to bring an end to the war in Gaza and establish the conditions for lasting peace," the statement reads. asserted
statement → reject → peace
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