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| Hamas chief Hayya set to travel to Cairo, will meet Egyptian spymaster |
| 2026-08-16 |
| [IsraelTimes] Hamas terror group leader Khalil al-Hayya is set to travel to Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials, a Hamas source tells AFP, ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner to the region. Hayya, who will be visiting Egypt for the first time since assuming leadership of Hamas in late July, is due to meet with Egypt’s intelligence chief Hassan Rashad this morning, the source says. Kushner will visit Israel and Egypt next week in hopes of bridging gaps on a Gaza plan rejected by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and will be accompanied by Nickolay Mladenov, the high representative for Gaza of Trump’s so-called Board of Peace tasked with implementing the deal Related: Khalil al-Hayya 08/06/2026 Hamas meets with Turkish intelligence service delegation, shifts covert teams there while Qatar gets ‘leadership’ Khalil al-Hayya 07/31/2026 Israeli rhetoric on Turkey is increasingly shaping Ankara's view of tensions over Syria Khalil al-Hayya 07/23/2026 Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas still holds two million hostages Related: Hassan Rashad 01/18/2026 Overboard: Making sense of the various Gaza oversight committees created by Trump Hassan Rashad 01/17/2026 US unveils key Gaza panel with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey Hassan Rashad 12/21/2025 Gaza mediators urge Israel, Hamas to keep truce after meeting yields little progress |
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