Jared Kushner

According to a source from Axios, Witkoff and Kushner's willingness to meet Hamas leaders despite the political risks demonstrated that the US was serious about getting a deal.

Ivanka Trump, who accompanied her father and husband to Israel, converted to Judaism prior to marrying Jared Kushner in 2009.

The "cruelty of October 7 struck the heart of humanity," and the US mourned alongside Israel, Trump said, adding that "Because of us, the long and painful nightmare is finally over."

Dayan added that the Trump administration is unlikely to prevent Israel from enforcing Hamas’s disarmament.

US brought all sides into one room during Sharm el-Sheikh talks, forcing Hamas to engage directly and shifting mediation dynamics.

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"The president wanted me to share that he sees you, he hears you, and stands with you, always," the US president's daughter told the Tel Aviv crowd.

Witkoff's remarks come after he and CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper confimed that Israeli forces in Gaza had withdrawn to the lines agreed upon in the Trump ceasefire plan.

He noted that one of the main objectives of the war, alongside achieving the release of the hostages, was removing the Iranian threat, including the regime's proxies: Hamas and Hezbollah. 

Social Equality and Advancement of Women Minister May Golan also addressed Kushner at the meeting, saying that though Israel wants peace, there is no one on the "other side" who wants it as well.