Hamas team meeting Egypt spy chief as Gaza talks planned with Board of Peace, US officials

A Hamas delegation has begun a meeting with Egypt’s spy chief Hassan Rashad in the Egyptian city of El-Alamein to discuss ways to advance the implementation of a postwar plan for Gaza, an official from the Palestinian terror group tells AFP.

A delegation led by Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya arrived in Egypt on Saturday evening, ahead of a visit by Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner to the region.

The Hamas official says talks will cover “the latest developments in the negotiations and the efforts being made to compel Israel to abide by the agreement, which includes the 15-point roadmap, and to begin its implementation.”

“The delegation will brief Egyptian officials on Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement, and Hayya will emphasize the movement’s commitment and readiness to implement the agreement as soon as Israel announces its commitment to it,” he says.

Another Hamas source tells AFP that a meeting is being arranged between the Hamas negotiating delegation, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza Nickolay Mladenov and US officials during Kushner’s visit to Egypt this week, to discuss obstacles related to the agreement.

Kushner and fellow US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Al-Hayya in Egypt last October.

The source adds that contacts were underway with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators “to compel Israel to abide by the agreement.”

Kushner is visiting Egypt and then Israel this week in a bid to bridge gaps in the Gaza plan.

Hamas indicated in late July that it was ready to hand over its weapons to a nascent technical committee set to govern Gaza, as part of a 15-point plan that it said it was accepting and that was subsequently rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.