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Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas Leader, Meets Trump's Son-In-Law Kushner

Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas Leader, Meets Trump's Son-In-Law Kushner
Who is Khalil Al-Hayya, the Hamas leader who met Kushner in Egypt? · theprint.in

Khalil Al-Hayya is the leader of a group called Hamas, which fights against Israel.

He met with Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of the President of the United States.

The meeting took place in Egypt and was the second time they talked.

Hamas and Israel have been fighting a big war in a place called Gaza, and many people have been hurt.

The United States made a plan in which Hamas would give up its weapons and Israel would leave Gaza.

Hamas says it will hand over its weapons to a new Palestinian government, but it does not like the word 'disarmament.'

Israel says it will not leave until Hamas has no weapons left.

Al-Hayya has lost many family members in the fighting, including his sons.

He says the group wants peace and a Palestinian state, in line with international law.

The United States calls Hamas a terrorist group, but Al-Hayya says the group is fighting for its rights.

Key facts

Hamas leader
Khalil Al-Hayya (named overall leader in July)
Meeting
Second with Jared Kushner, held in Egypt on Sunday (one article corrects location from Cairo to Egypt)
Previous meeting
October 8, 2025 with Kushner and Steve Witkoff; helped clinch a ceasefire and hostage-release deal
Born
Gaza Strip, 1960; PhD in Islamic Studies
Base
Qatar, since 2021
US policy
Meetings mark a departure from Washington's longstanding policy of shunning Hamas, which the US designates a terrorist group
October 7, 2023 attack toll
1,200 killed and 251 abducted in Israel
Gaza war death toll
More than 73,000 killed, according to Gazan health authorities

Quotes

Steve Witkoff

U.S. envoy and former ambassador to the United Nations

“I told him that I had lost a son, and that we were both members of a really bad club, parents who have buried children.”
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Khalil Al‑Hayya

Hamas chief and overall leader

“We told them … what we want. We want stability, we want a Palestinian entity, we want a Palestinian state in accordance with international law and relevant resolutions. We want to live in peace so that the region can stabilise, and without that, the region will not stabilise.”
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