Jared Kushner, United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and aide, is set to travel to Israel and Egypt next week to support a US-backed Board of Peace plan aimed at a permanent end to the war in Gaza. The trip follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a Trump-backed 15-point proposal.
Kushner will be accompanied by Board of Peace Director General Nickolay Mladenov and executive committee member Tony Blair, according to a Board of Peace official. The official said they will hear concerns, discuss next steps and meet Egyptian and other mediators in Cairo to strengthen a roadmap.
What Israel rejected
Netanyahu opposed a provision under which Hamas would gradually disarm by transferring its weapons to a Palestinian third party while Israel withdrew its troops from Gaza. Hamas has said it accepted a preliminary version of the agreement and remains committed to it after Israel’s rejection.
The Board of Peace official said both the board and Israel agree on the desired end state: a demilitarised Hamas. Details for implementing the disarmament arrangement have not been defined.
Related coverage: Israel sets Hamas disarmament condition for Gaza withdrawal.
How the Gaza framework is meant to work
The 20-point ceasefire plan signed last year envisaged fighting stopping to allow Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups to decommission their weapons and Israel to withdraw from Gaza. It also calls for Hamas to transfer power to a technocratic Palestinian government, the deployment of an International Stabilisation Force and a major reconstruction effort.
The planned visit comes amid repeated reported ceasefire violations. Local authorities have reported that at least 1,260 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire began. Overall, 73,389 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, according to the supplied source material.
West Bank violence adds pressure
The diplomatic effort is also unfolding as settler violence has increased in the occupied West Bank. Residents of Qusra, in the Nablus governorate, say a settler siege has cut the village off from water and electricity as part of an attempted land seizure.
More context: ‘Green Rafah’ plan advances amid Gaza future dispute.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned an attack on the home of a dual US citizen in Qusra and said the US embassy had requested action by the Israeli military and police. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs documented 3,033 settler attacks in the West Bank between January 2025 and June 2026. UN figures also say Israeli forces and settlers have killed 76 Palestinians, including 18 children, in the territory during 2026.
Also read: 23 Palestinians arrested amid West Bank escalation.
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