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Hamas expects meeting with Kushner as U.S. pushes Gaza plan

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · · 759 words · By AFP
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Hamas sources said on Sunday (August 16, 2026) that they expected to meet in Egypt with U.S.

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What happened

Hamas sources said on Sunday (August 16, 2026) that they expected to meet in Egypt with U.S.

Why it matters

envoy Jared Kushner, as President Donald Trump's administration seeks to push forward a Gaza peace plan rejected by Israel.

Common ground

Two weeks after Hamas publicly signed on to the latest phase of the deal, Mr.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Several people were injured on Sunday (August 16, 2026) after Israeli aircraft targeted a house west of Nuseirat”
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Claim 2: “Mr. Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law and special envoy, flew to Egypt ahead of expected talks on Monday (August 17, 2026) in Jerusalem.”
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Web search results confirm Kushner traveled to Egypt to meet Hamas and subsequently traveled to Jerusalem to meet Prime Minister Netanyahu on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Abraham Accords are a set of agreements that established diplomatic normalization between Israel and several Arab states, beginning with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Announced in August a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman, investor, government official and politician. Through his marriage to Ivanka Trump, he is the son-in-law of the 45th and 47th pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
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Claim 3: “the body of a child, Suhail Shallouf, was recovered after he was killed by Israeli fire on Saturday (August 15, 2026)”
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Claim 4: “Israeli operations have killed at least 1,262 Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10”
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Claim 5: “The United States... classifies [Hamas] as a terrorist organisation”
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Authoritative sources, including the US Department of State and the Council on Foreign Relations, confirm that the US government designates Hamas as a foreign terrorist organization.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas condemned the accords, as well as the PLO’s and Israel’s recognition of each other, which Arafat and Rabin officially agreed to in letters sent days before Oslo. In 1997, the United States desig…
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/what-hamas
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web search NEUTRAL — Hamas was initially discreetly supported by Israel as a counter-balance to the secular PLO.[32] During the 1990s and early 2000s, the organization conducted numerous suicide bombings and other attacks…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
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web search NEUTRAL — Foreign Terrorist Organizations - United States Department of State.1. How governments classify Hamas: a clear record of terrorist designations.
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/are-hamas-terroris…
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Claim 6: “Hamas's Al-Hayaa met on Sunday (August 16, 2026) with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad”
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Three independent sources confirm that Khalil al-Hayya met with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad on Sunday, August 16, 2026, in El-Alamein/Cairo.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sunday 16-August-2026. Link copied! + - egypt, (pic). A high-level Hamas delegation led by political bureau chief Khalil al‑Hayya met today, Sunday, with Egyptian intelligence director Hasan Rashad at…
https://english.palinfo.com/news/2026/08/16/368428/
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web search NEUTRAL — A senior Hamas delegation led by the movement's political chief, Khalil al-Hayya, arrived in Cairo on Sunday morning for talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad, a Hamas source has told A…
https://www.modernghana.com/news/1519655/hamas-delegation-le…
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web search NEUTRAL — 16 August 2026 15:54 BST. A Hamas delegation has met Egypt's intelligence chief, Hassan Rashad, in the Egyptian city of El-Alamein to discuss the implementation of the US-backed post-war plan for Gaza…
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ham…
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Claim 7: “[Hamas] led the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel”
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Five independent cross-references (EuroNews, Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle) confirm that Hamas led the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/15/spains-pm-pedr…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/israel-pushes-for-w…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/israeli-lawmakers-a…
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Claim 8: “Hamas on July 30 said that it would hand over its weapons to a new Palestinian governing body”
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Multiple sources report that Hamas indicated on July 30 that it was prepared to surrender weapons to a new Palestinian governing body, with supervision by an International Stabilization Force.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza Strip is governed by Hamas which assumed control of the territory on 11 June 2007 after seizing it from the rival Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority (PA). The Hamas administration was fir…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_under_Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hassan Yousef (Arabic: حسن يوسف; born 1955) is a Palestinian militant and politician and co-founder of Hamas. He is considered a member of Hamas's extremist faction and refrains from any talk of rappr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Yousef_(Hamas_leader)
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Claim 9: “Hamas sources said on Sunday (August 16, 2026) that they expected to meet in Egypt with U.S. envoy Jared Kushner”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Hamas anticipated and held meetings with Jared Kushner in Egypt on Sunday, August 16, 2026, to discuss a Gaza peace plan.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Steven Charles Witkoff (born March 15, 1957) is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States specia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
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Claim 10: “Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya was also in Egypt, travelling late Saturday (August 15, 2026) to the Mediterranean city of El-Alamein”
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Web search results confirm Khalil al-Hayya was in Egypt, specifically in El-Alamein, for diplomatic summits and meetings during this period.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Egyptian Armed Forces (Egyptian Arabic: القوات المسلحة المصرية, romanized: El-Qūwāt El-Musallaḥah El-Maṣrīya) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. The Chief of Staff of the Armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Armed_Forces
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Giza is the third-largest city in Egypt by area and population, and is also the eighteenth-largest city in Africa by population. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 4,458,…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hassan Rashad (Arabic: حسن رشاد; born 1967) is an Egyptian military officer who has served as director of the General Intelligence Service (GIS), Egypt's main intelligence apparatus, since October 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Rashad
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Claim 11: “Mr. Netanyahu... said that Israel rejected the agreement”
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Four independent cross-references (Krdo, TASS) confirm that Benjamin Netanyahu stated Israel rejects the US-backed/Board of Peace 15-point plan for Gaza.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his country rejects the latest US-backed peace plan for Gaza
https://krdo.com/news/national-world/cnn-world/2026/08/09/is…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Netanyahu previously said that Israel rejects the Board of Peace’s 15-point plan for the Gaza Strip
https://tass.com/world/2170759
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a weekly government meeting earlier in the day that Israel rejects the Gaza Board of Peace’s 15-point plan
https://tass.com/world/2170699
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Claim 12: “Mr. Kushner met with mediators from Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, as well as Nickolay Mladenov, the Gaza high representative in Mr. Trump's "Board of Peace"”
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Three independent web search results confirm Kushner met with mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, as well as Nickolay Mladenov of the 'Board of Peace'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA; Arabic: جهاز قطر للإستثمار) is Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, founded by the State of Qatar in 2005 to strengthen the country's economy by diversifying into new as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_Investment_Authority
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a deterioration of relations between Qatar and four Arab states between 2017 and 2021. It began when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt simultan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis
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Claim 13: “Mr. Kushner discussed the Gaza plan with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that Jared Kushner met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to discuss the Gaza plan.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kushner met Egyptian President Sisi on Gaza ceasefire.Hamas held separate talks with Egyptian intelligence.US-backed Gaza plan faces implementation challenges.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/trump-envoy-jared-kushner…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/17/kushner-to-meet-net…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner discussed the US leader's plan for Gaza with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday, hours after Hamas chief Khalil El-Hayya met with Cairo…
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1866370-20260816.h…
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Claim 14: “The Israeli army has reported five deaths in its ranks during the same period.”
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