US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff could meet with Hamas leadership in Istanbul on Wednesday, Saudi channel A-Sharq reported, citing a Hamas official.
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya is expected to attend the meeting.
The Hamas official told A-Sharq that the terror group would be listening to the US administration's plans to implement Donald Trump's Gaza deal.
Hamas reportedly intends to present its own ideas on a "practical implementation" of the deal. Talking points include the reconstruction of the Strip, a full IDF withdrawal, and the creation of a new political force in Gaza, A-Sharq reported.
The New York Times reported on Saturday that Witkoff was planning to meet with al-Hayya, showing that the Trump administration was open to keeping a direct line of communication open with the Palestinian terror group.
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This comes after Hamas rejected the clause in Trump's Gaza peace plan regarding its disarmament, claiming that it was not part of the original negotiations, the Qatar-based Al Jazeera Mubasher reported on Monday.
"No clause regarding the disarmament of the resistance was on the table in the Sharm El-Sheikh negotiations," Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan told the Qatari outlet. "It is unacceptable that we be imposed with the equation of either we are killed or we surrender."
Palestinian factions released a statement on Tuesday afternoon condemning the United Nations Security Council vote in support of Trump's plan, calling the move a “tool of guardianship and an international partnership in the genocide of [the Palestinian] people.”
The UNSC voted on Monday in support of the plan, along with a UN mandate to establish the International Stabilization Force (ISF), which is expected to be deployed to the Gaza Strip.
Notably, the Palestinian Authority issued a statement welcoming the resolution and said it is ready to take part in its implementation
Amichai Stein contributed to this report.