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Kushner to meet Hamas leadership in Egypt, says terror group
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner will meet in Egypt with Hamas leadership as he pushes a peace plan, sources from Hamas tell AFP.
“Mediators informed Hamas that US envoy Jared Kushner will hold a meeting with the Hamas leadership, in the presence of Egyptian and Qatari officials, before Kushner travels to Israel to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,” says one of the Hamas sources, requesting anonymity to discuss the sensitive diplomacy.
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