Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, met in Jerusalem on the 17th with Prime Minister Netanyahu and a member of a Gaza peace committee to advance a Gaza peace plan. Netanyahu agreed to establish two working groups: one to oversee disarmament and demilitarization of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which both sides said should be completed as soon as possible and before Gaza reconstruction begins; the other to address health, clean water and related basic services.

2026-08-18

Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, met in Jerusalem on the 17th with Prime Minister Netanyahu and a member of a Gaza peace committee to advance a Gaza peace plan. Netanyahu agreed to establish two working groups: one to oversee disarmament and demilitarization of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which both sides said should be completed as soon as possible and before Gaza reconstruction begins; the other to address health, clean water and related basic services.