Kushner, Blair, BoP head Mladenov meet Hamas delegation in Cairo over Gaza roadmap, sources say

According to the source, the US and Hamas delegations discussed the decommissioning of Hamas weapons and terror infrastructure, IDF withdrawal, and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.

US envoy Jared Kushner, former British prime minister Tony Blair, and Gaza Board of Peace head Nikolay Mladenov met with a Hamas delegation in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the implementation of the BoP’s 15-point roadmap for the Gaza Strip, a source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post.

The source stated that the objective of the meeting was to translate the steps outlined in Mladenov’s roadmap into concrete, verifiable actions aimed at maintaining the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel and removing Hamas from power in Gaza.

The meeting also covered the transfer of all governing responsibilities in the strip to the technocratic National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) and deployment of the International Stabilization Force (ISF).

According to the source, the US and Hamas delegations also discussed the decommissioning of Hamas weapons and terror infrastructure, IDF withdrawal, and reconstruction and humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza.

The source told the Post that ‘there can be no ambiguity: Hamas must relinquish governing authority and all weapons and military infrastructure. And Gaza can never again be a source of terror for Israel.”

Trump announced Board of Peace agreement in July

Trump announced that the Board of Peace had reached a "historic" agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other armed groups in Gaza at the end of July.

He added that the agreement marks a "critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government that will work closely with the Board of Peace to help the Palestinian people."

 "At the same time, Israel will have the security it deserves, with Gaza no longer used as a base for terror attacks."
According to Trump, the agreement will be carried out in "carefully structured phases."

A Board of Peace official at the time had told The Jerusalem Post that while Hamas had many concerns regarding the deal, it and other Palestinian factions had agreed to the entire proposed outline for the first time. 

About a week later, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had formally rejected the plan during a cabinet meeting, affirming that "the IDF will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed.”

Esther Davis, Idan Kweller, and Reuters contributed to this report.