Kushner predicts progress on Hamas disarmament in about 30 days, says deal is ‘win-win’ for Israel

Progress in getting Hamas to give up its weapons and move forward with a Gaza peace plan could materialize in about a month, US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner says.

“We could be seeing progress… in as little as 30 days, hopefully in starting to take some of the weapons out,” Kushner tells Fox News while in Israel.

Filling in Gaza’s Hamas tunnels could happen in the next 60 to 90 days, Kushner says.

“Progress could come quite soon, but we do need cooperation from both sides,” he says.

Kushner, who is Trump’s son-in-law, said the Israeli side voiced some “valid concerns” during his meeting earlier today with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

For example, the Trump administration is committed to helping rebuild Gaza — destroyed in the war that followed the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack.

“But we will not allow Gaza to be rebuilt until the demilitarization occurs. Nobody wants to put more money into a place… if it’s just going to be taken over by terrorists,” he says. “We’re also not going to restrict Israel’s right to defend itself if there are any imminent threats and so we had to clarify what that means.”

“For Israel we think it’s a win-win situation,” Kushner says. Either Hamas will go ahead in disarming “willingly over the next 60 to 90 days” or “Israel will have a lot more support from the US and others to go and finish the job in the appropriate way.”

Kushner says he had a “very cordial” meeting with Hamas officials, but “it’s very, very hard to trust a terrorist organization.”

“They said all the right things, so we’re going to give them a chance to perform,” he adds.