Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 6:55 AM EDT
/ CBS News
President Trump's son-in-law and envoy Jared Kushner met on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after holding talks with Hamas leaders the previous day.
The meeting came two weeks after Hamas agreed to disarm in accordance with a U.S.-backed Gaza peace deal, which Netanyahu then rejected, insisting the group must be "genuinely disarmed."
Kushner's meeting with Hamas leaders took place in Egypt, with the goal of translating the plan negotiated by Mr. Trump's Board of Peace into concrete steps, a source told CBS News.
The meeting in Egypt also included discussion of the transfer of all governing responsibilities to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza, ensuring Hamas has no future governing role in Gaza, facilitating Israeli withdrawals and deploying an international stabilizing force in the region, among other things, the source told CBS News.
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that Tehran had reached an agreement with Oman on routes for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz in the future.
Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters in Tehran "an understanding has been reached regarding the map of the transit route."
Baghaei did not elaborate on the route or whether any fees would be imposed on ships using it, but both Iran and Oman have previously suggested commercial vessels should enter the Strait of Hormuz using a route close to Iran's coast, and exit it using another near Omani waters.
Baghaei said both sides were working to finalize details before issuing a joint statement on the matter.
Iran's foreign ministry said Monday that it would consider three missing pilots to be prisoners in Qatar, despite denials by Qatari officials, until Doha offers clarity on the fate of the missing personnel.
Tehran has said the Iranians went missing while carrying out an operation against the United States' Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on March 2, shortly after the outbreak of the war.
On Saturday, Iranian authorities alleged for the first time that the pilots had been captured in Qatar, after previously saying one pilot had been killed and three others were missing following their sortie.
"It is imperative to obtain clarification on their situation," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said during a weekly news briefing.
"Until the pilots' situation is clarified, we consider them prisoners and will spare no effort to shed light on their fate," he said.
Iran's foreign ministry has downplayed the importance of the 60-day period of negotiations agreed to in the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., which is due to expire Monday.
