The prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu met today (10/11/2025) in Jerusalem the American envoy Jared Kushner and they discussed the second, more complicated phase of the truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“They discussed the first phase, which we are currently in, with the goal of returning our remaining hostages, as well as the future of the second phase of this plan, which includes the disarmament of Hamas, the demilitarization of Gaza, and the guarantee that Hamas will no longer have any role to play in the future of Gaza,” said Sosh Bedrossian, Benjamin’s spokeswoman. Netanyahu.
The meeting between US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and the Israeli prime minister comes a month after Washington and regional states they put pressure on Israel and Hamas for the application of one truceafter two years of devastating war.
However, any progress on Trump’s cease-fire plan requires not only both sides to agree on issues where they had not agreed in previous peace efforts, but also to resolve the impasse over trapped Hamas fighters.
An official with knowledge of the details discussed today said the discussion also focused on the issue of trapped fighters as well as in that one international stabilization force for Gaza under the Trump plan.
There are approx 200 fighters in the tunnels under Rafah in the Gaza Strip that the Israeli military continues to control, with Hamas demanding that they be allowed to leave, a demand that is currently Israel resists.
The government spokeswoman said any decision about Israel’s policies in Gaza is made in cooperation with the Trump administration.
US envoy Steve Witkoff last week outlined efforts to resolve the impasse, proposing that militants be given safe passage into Hamas-controlled areas in exchange for disarmament.
Two Western diplomats said that Israel is reluctant to allow any safe passage to another area of Gaza or to Egypt.
A Hamas official reported that talks on the matter are ongoing. Hamas wants the dispute to be resolved and “to remove any pretext that Israel could use to undermine the ceasefire agreement”, but added that Hamas rejects the militants’ surrender.