Envoys push Gaza plan in Cairo as Israel resumes airstrikes
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- Jared Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov met with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, with Hamas officials present at some sessions, to advance Trump's Gaza peace plan.
- Kushner and Mladenov were scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday; Netanyahu on August 9 called Trump's latest roadmap for Gaza peace 'unacceptable.'
- Israel was specifically concerned about Washington's demand to end targeted assassinations of Hamas militants in Gaza as the group rebuilds its forces, according to a senior Israeli official.
- After scaling back earlier this month, Israel resumed airstrikes — a Sunday strike hit a tent encampment in Khan Younis, injuring at least five Palestinians, and a separate strike hit an apartment in the Nuseirat camp.
- Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya met with Egypt's intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Cairo to brief mediators on alleged Israeli ceasefire violations; Kushner separately met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
- Since the October ceasefire halted major fighting in the two-year war, Israeli fire has killed more than 1,250 Palestinians in Gaza — most of them civilians — while four Israeli soldiers were killed by militants, according to Israeli figures.
Why it matters: The Cairo diplomacy runs against an active military track, not a frozen one: Israel rejected the roadmap and has already resumed airstrikes that have killed 1,250+ Palestinians since October. Hamas says it accepted the plan only if Israel meets its own commitments first, meaning mediators must reconcile a 'yes-but' from both sides while fighting restarts.
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