With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks

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With Trump’s Hamas Deal in Peril, Kushner Set to Visit Israel for Gaza Talks

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior aide, is expected to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who has rejected a U.S.-backed deal to disarm Hamas.

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Adam Rasgon

Reporting from Tel Aviv

Aug. 14, 2026

Updated 9:20 a.m. ET

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Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior aide and son-in-law, is set to visit Israel early next week, according to four people familiar with the plans, days after the Israeli government rejected a U.S.-brokered disarmament deal with Hamas.

Mr. Kushner is expected to meet with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss Gaza, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to divulge details about Mr. Kushner’s schedule.

The deal, agreed to late last month between Mr. Trump’s Board of Peace and the militant group Hamas, called for the disarmament of Palestinian factions in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces there.

The Board of Peace is a new international organization chaired by Mr. Trump that has focused on plans for governing and rebuilding Gaza. Mr. Kushner is a senior member of its executive board and was involved in cease-fire negotiations between Hamas and Israel.

Mr. Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel rejected the deal, a move that was seen as an appeal to his right-wing voting base ahead of national elections in October. Yet the prime minister also ordered the Israeli military to pause its strikes in Gaza, in an apparent effort to appease the Trump administration.

For days after the announcement, the Israeli military conducted no airstrikes in Gaza, until Wednesday, when the military carried out a fresh attack, saying it was targeting Hamas militants. It conducted further attacks on Thursday.

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