00:00U.S. Envoy Jared Kushner is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with
00:08Hamas leaders in Egypt aimed at reviving a U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan that Israel has so far rejected.
00:15The meeting comes two weeks after Hamas endorsed the latest stage of Trump's Gaza plan, which Netanyahu has refused to
00:24support, insisting any settlement must ensure the group is, quote, genuinely disarmed.
00:31Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, met Hamas' new leader Khalil al-Hayar in Egypt on Sunday, a rare meeting in
00:39a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire.
00:44Kushner reportedly pushed for Hamas to take, quote, concrete, verifiable steps and relayed a message that Gaza can never again
00:52be a source of terror for Israel.
00:55According to media reports, Hamas again voiced its commitment to the plan.
01:00The United States refused contact for years with Hamas, which it classifies as a terrorist organization, but the Trump administration
01:08has increasingly been comfortable with direct contact with the militant group.
01:14The U.S.-backed Gaza
01:15The U.S.
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