US EditionAfter Describing Deal on '60 Minutes,' Witkoff and Kushner Head to Israel as Truce Teeters
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff say the CIA provided flawed intelligence on Hamas, impacting peace talks during a key negotiation phase, Witkoff said they felt betrayed.
- On Oct. 19, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner told 60 Minutes they helped close the hostage-for-ceasefire deal signed in Sharm el-Sheikh on Oct. 9, and Witkoff said `I just feel we felt a little bit betrayed.`
- After the Israeli strike in Doha shredded trust among mediators, they merged ceasefire and 'end of war' plans, secured Qatar and Arab backing, then took it to U.S. President Donald Trump, who urged them to 'go all in.'
- On Oct. 8, Kushner and Witkoff traveled to Sharm el-Sheikh to meet Hamas negotiators with Qatar, Turkey, Egypt and four Hamas officials, agreeing to exchange 48 hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
- Netanyahu invited Kushner and Witkoff to the Oct. 10 Cabinet session that ratified the deal, triggering a 72-hour deadline for Hamas releases; three deceased hostages were released and Witkoff and Kushner visited Gaza on Oct. 11.
- Witkoff estimated Gaza reconstruction at $50 billion, noting rubble and unexploded munitions, and they warned the deal could fray without rapid progress on security architecture and governance, while Jared Kushner said `Phase two could potentially be even harder.
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Kushner and Witkoff Reveal How Israel–Hamas Cease-Fire Was Done
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff have revealed new details about the negotiations that led to the current cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. In a wide-ranging interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired on Oct. 19, the two discussed Trump’s direct involvement in shaping a 20-point peace framework and the continuing challenges of rebuilding Gaza under the postwar …
After describing deal on '60 Minutes,' Witkoff and Kushner head to Israel as truce teeters
Two Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza on Sunday and Israel conducted strikes against targets inside the territory in the biggest threats yet to the week-old ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The soldiers were not killed by Hamas, the group and Israel both said. The deaths come as Hamas is continuing to locate and release the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages, as required by the terms of the ceasefire deal, and as U.S. officials head to th…
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