Jared Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov are due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after talks with Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and Hamas representatives aimed at reviving the US-backed Gaza peace plan.

Netanyahu Meeting Set for Today

US President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov are scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, in the latest effort to overcome Israeli resistance to Washington's proposed roadmap for ending the Gaza conflict.

The meeting comes after the US team held talks in Cairo with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators on Sunday. Representatives of Hamas also participated in some of the discussions, according to diplomatic sources.

The Netanyahu meeting could prove decisive because Israel has so far rejected key elements of the latest US proposal.

Kushner Held Rare Hamas Meeting

Kushner also met Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya in Egypt on Sunday, a rare direct engagement between a senior Trump envoy and the Palestinian militant group's leadership.

The talks were intended to establish whether Hamas could move towards the disarmament requirements at the centre of the US-backed roadmap. Hamas has expressed conditional support for the plan while demanding an end to Israeli attacks and an Israeli withdrawal to the agreed boundary before implementation moves ahead.

The sequence of meetings puts the US envoys in the unusual position of having spoken directly with Hamas representatives before travelling to press Israel to accept the same broader framework.

What Trump's Gaza Plan Proposes

The latest US roadmap is built around a permanent end to hostilities, Hamas disarmament, an Israeli military withdrawal and reconstruction of Gaza under a new civilian Palestinian administration.

The proposal envisages a phased process rather than an immediate settlement of every outstanding issue.

A major sticking point is the order in which the steps should occur. Israel has insisted that Hamas must be genuinely and fully disarmed before Israeli forces withdraw, while Hamas has sought guarantees that Israeli attacks and military operations will stop as part of the implementation process.

Netanyahu Has Rejected the Roadmap

Netanyahu has publicly described Trump's latest Gaza roadmap as unacceptable, creating an unusually visible disagreement between the Israeli government and the Trump administration.

An Israeli concern is Washington's demand to halt targeted killings of Hamas members while the group rebuilds its forces. Israeli officials argue that allowing Hamas to retain or rebuild its military capability would undermine Israel's security.

The Israeli position has made the Netanyahu meeting particularly important. Kushner and Mladenov must now try to narrow the gap between Israel's security demands and the conditions being discussed with Hamas and regional mediators.

Israel Strikes Gaza Amid Talks

Diplomacy is continuing while Israeli military operations in Gaza remain active.

Reuters reported that Israeli strikes continued during the latest diplomatic push, including attacks in Khan Younis and Nuseirat. One person was killed in a strike in Khan Younis, while several others were wounded in the attacks.

The continued strikes have become another obstacle to negotiations. Hamas has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire framework, while Israel maintains its focus on preventing Hamas from rebuilding its military capabilities.

Regional Powers Push for Agreement

Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are playing key roles in the current mediation effort. The three countries have maintained channels to the different parties and are seeking to create conditions for the US plan to move into its next stage.

Several Arab and Muslim-majority countries have also criticised Israel's rejection of the roadmap and urged Washington to push ahead with the initiative.

For the mediators, the immediate challenge is to turn Hamas' conditional commitments and Israel's security demands into a sequence of steps both sides can accept.

Monday Talks Could Decide Next Step

The Kushner-Mladenov meeting with Netanyahu is therefore more than another diplomatic engagement. It comes after the US envoys have tested the position of Hamas and regional mediators and are now returning to the Israeli side of the negotiations.

If Netanyahu agrees to engage with the framework, mediators could begin working through the practical details of disarmament, troop withdrawals, governance and reconstruction.

If Israel maintains its rejection, the US-backed process could remain stalled despite the renewed contacts with Hamas.

For now, today's Netanyahu meeting is the key test of whether Trump's Gaza peace plan can move from diplomatic discussions towards implementation.