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US Envoys Meet Gaza Mediators in Cairo Amid Renewed Airstrikes
Two sides, Israel and a group called Hamas, have been fighting in a place called Gaza, and many people have been hurt.
President Trump of the United States made a plan to bring peace between them.
He sent two helpers, Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov, to talk with leaders from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey in the city of Cairo.
Leaders from Hamas also joined some of the meetings.
The plan says the fighting should stop, Hamas should give up its weapons, and Israeli soldiers should leave Gaza.
Then Gaza would be rebuilt with new leaders chosen by Palestinians.
But Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, said the plan is 'unacceptable.'
Even while peace talks were happening, Israeli airstrikes still wounded several people in Gaza.
Everyone hopes the meetings will help stop the fighting and bring peace.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov met Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, August 16, to advance Trump's Gaza peace plan.
Hamas officials attended some of the meetings between the mediators and the US envoys.
Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza, wounding at least five Palestinians in Khan Younis and several more in Nuseirat.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Trump's roadmap 'unacceptable' on August 9 and is scheduled to meet the envoys on Monday.
Trump's plan calls for an immediate cessation of military operations, Hamas disarming, Israeli troop withdrawal, and rebuilding Gaza under a new civilian Palestinian administration.
- Who
- US envoys Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov, Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators, Hamas officials, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
- What
- Diplomatic meetings to advance Trump's Gaza peace plan amid resumed Israeli airstrikes.
- Where
- Cairo, Egypt.
- When
- Sunday, August 16, with further meetings scheduled for Monday.
- Why
- To advance the US president's Gaza peace plan despite disagreements between Israel and Hamas over its terms.
Backers of Trump's peace plan
Israel's position
The peace plan itself
Backers of Trump's peace plan
Trump announced a breakthrough and said both Israel and Hamas had agreed; Hamas said it agreed to avoid a resumption of the war.
Israel's position
Prime Minister Netanyahu said on August 9 that Trump's latest roadmap for Gaza peace was 'unacceptable.'
Targeted assassinations
Backers of Trump's peace plan
Washington demands an end to targeted assassinations of Hamas militants in Gaza.
Israel's position
Israel is concerned about the demand as Hamas rebuilds its forces.
Ceasefire violations
Backers of Trump's peace plan
Hamas says Israel is violating the ceasefire, and its leader will brief mediators on those alleged violations.
Israel's position
Israel resumed airstrikes after scaling them back earlier this month, saying its aircraft target militants.
Key facts
- US envoys
- Jared Kushner and Nikolay Mladenov
- Mediators met
- Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators
- Meeting date
- Sunday, August 16
- Plan terms
- Immediate ceasefire; Hamas disarms; Israeli troops withdraw; new civilian Palestinian administration
- Netanyahu's stance
- Called the roadmap 'unacceptable' on August 9
- Palestinians killed since October
- More than 1,250, most of them civilians
- Israeli soldiers killed since October
- Four
- Ceasefire context
- October ceasefire halted major fighting in the two-year war
Sources
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