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Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Eyad Baba, AFP/File

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17868381074151786838105145.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Palestinian militant group Hamas fighters secure an area before handing over two Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Khan Yunis on February 1, 2025, as part of fourth hostage-prisoner exchange. Eyad Baba, AFP/File </div>JERUSALEM — Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya was set to travel to Cairo on Saturday evening for talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas source told AFP, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump&#x27;s envoy Jared Kushner to the region.Hayya, who will be visiting Egypt for the first time since assuming leadership of Hamas in late July, is due to meet with Egypt&#x27;s intelligence chief Hassan Rashad on Sunday morning, the source said.Kushner will visit Israel and Egypt next week in hopes of bridging gaps on a Gaza plan rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and will be accompanied by Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza of Trump&#x27;s so-called Board of Peace tasked with implementing the deal.The trip comes after Netanyahu publicly dismissed a 15-point plan announced by Mladenov in which Hamas agreed to hand over its weapons to a new Palestinian governing committee in Gaza.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/8/1/hamas-agrees-to-disarm-under-trump-plan-0734">Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan </a></div>A Board of Peace official said Kushner and Mladenov hoped for &quot;constructive conversations&quot; on advancing Trump&#x27;s overall peace plan, which began with the October 2025 declaration of a ceasefire that has reduced but not ended Israeli strikes in Gaza.The latest part of the Gaza plan, to which Hamas agreed in late July, would start a phased Israeli withdrawal from much of the Strip, according to an initial version released by the Board of Peace.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/8/9/netanyahu-rejects-gaza-plan-in-new-break-from-trump-2136">Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan, in new break from Trump </a></div>Mladenov later backtracked and said that Israel would not need to pull out troops until a complete Hamas disarmament.Netanyahu had vowed no pullout and has voiced skepticism that Hamas would disarm, saying it should destroy weapons in a verifiable way.Hamas insisted it was abiding by the deal.&quot;We continue to await pressure from the mediators and the US side on Netanyahu and his government to compel him to abide by the roadmap,&quot; Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP on Friday.

Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya was set to travel to Cairo on Saturday evening for talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas source told AFP, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner to the region.

Hamas political chief Khalil al-Hayya was set to travel to Cairo on Saturday evening for talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas source told AFP, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner to the region.

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Hamas chief heads to Cairo for talks ahead of Kushner visit

Agence France-Presse

Published August 16, 2026 08:15 AM PHT

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