00:00U.S. Envoy Jared Kushner has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
00:04a day after holding talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt.
00:08The meeting is aimed at reviving a U.S.-backed Gaza peace plan
00:13that Hamas has endorsed, but Israel has so far rejected.
00:20Kushner and Trump's Board of Peace envoy for Gaza, Dikaleh Mladenov,
00:24met Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayar in Cairo on Sunday
00:27to discuss Trump's 15-point plan.
00:30It calls for Hamas and other armed groups to disarm
00:34alongside an Israeli military withdrawal
00:36and the rebuilding of Gaza under a new Palestinian civilian administration.
00:41After the talks, Hamas urged mediators to press Israel to accept the plan.
00:46But it said any deal would depend on Israel withdrawing its forces and halting attacks.
00:52Netanyahu, meanwhile, has rejected the proposal,
00:55insisting Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israel withdraws.
01:00The plan also puts Netanyahu under pressure at home,
01:03with far-right members of his cabinet pushing to continue military operations
01:07as he seeks to shore up support ahead of an election in October.
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