Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament
Two teams will oversee demilitarisation and reconstruction as Israel and Hamas disagree on conditions
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Prim-ministrul Benjamin Netanyahu la ședința de guvern, alături de trimisul special al președintelui Trump pentru Orientul Mijlociu, Steve Witkoff (stânga), și de ginerele președintelui, Jared Kushner (dreapta), pe 10 octombrie 2025. Foto: Profimedia
Photograph: Digi 24 (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu agreed on Monday to set up two working groups, one for Hamas disarmament and one for Gaza sanitation and reconstruction.
- An Israeli official said a US general would supervise the verification of Hamas’s disarmament, a condition Israel has tied to any withdrawal from Gaza.
- Hamas says it will implement the plan only after Israel fulfils its commitments, including withdrawing forces and halting attacks.
- Netanyahu has publicly rejected the 15-point plan, while the Board of Peace says the groups mark progress toward implementation.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 8 of the 17 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
78/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
15/100
17 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday to discuss a Gaza peace plan. The meeting included Nickolay Mladenov, director-general of the Board of Peace, and former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. The parties agreed to establish two working groups: one to oversee the disarmament of Hamas and another to address Gaza’s sanitation and reconstruction.
An Israeli official told outlets that a US general would supervise the verification of Hamas’s disarmament. The official said Israel would not withdraw from Gaza until the process was complete. Hamas has said it will only implement the plan after Israel fulfils its commitments, including withdrawing its forces and halting attacks. Netanyahu has publicly rejected the 15-point plan, which was brokered by the US-led Board of Peace.
Where the reports disagree
Al Jazeera reports that Netanyahu has publicly rejected the 15-point plan. Digi24 quotes a Board of Peace official saying the meeting with Netanyahu was “long, in-depth and very productive” and that the parties agreed on a way forward. The reports do not reconcile the two claims.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention that Hamas has said it will only implement the plan after Israel fulfils its commitments. The left-rated report and the centre-rated report both carried the condition. The centre-rated report also omitted that Netanyahu has publicly rejected the 15-point plan.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 2 times, most recently on 17 Aug 2026, 17:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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![Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [Egyptian Presidency/Anadolu/Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/GettyImages-2290207768-1786954998.jpg?resize=1200%2C630)
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's envoy and son-in-law, meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [Egyptian Presidency/Anadolu/Getty Images]
Al Jazeera — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- Al Jazeera led on Netanyahu’s public rejection of the 15-point plan. The report said the meeting was intended to “push” the plan, which Israel has already rejected. It quoted Hamas saying it would implement the plan only after Israel met its commitments. The report also noted that the Board of Peace includes no Palestinian representatives.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- Digi24’s report led on the agreement between Kushner and Netanyahu on a “way forward” for Gaza. It quoted a Board of Peace official describing the meeting as “long, in-depth and very productive”. The report said the working groups would focus on translating Hamas’s disarmament obligations into “concrete, verifiable steps” and ensuring Hamas would have no role in Gaza’s future governance. It also mentioned Kushner’s meeting with Hamas leaders in Egypt the previous day.
Right
7 rated outlets
- The seven right-rated digests led on the establishment of the two working groups. Six of them named the groups’ purposes: one for Hamas disarmament and one for Gaza sanitation and reconstruction. Four digests reported that a US general would supervise the disarmament. Three digests quoted an Israeli official saying there would be no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza until Hamas disarmed. None of the digests mentioned Hamas’s condition that Israel must first withdraw its forces.
Read it at the source
17 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
7- Israel and the Peace Board Agree on Two Working Groups to Accelerate the “Demilitarization” of Gaza (opens La Razón in a new tab)
- Approaching Gaza Negotiations: Netanyahu and Kushner Probably Agree on a First Step (opens n-tv in a new tab)
n-tv
- Sources: Kushner and Netanyahu Agree on Gaza (opens Svenska Dagbladet in a new tab)
Svenska Dagbladet — is Svenska Dagbladet biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Israel and the U.S. Set up Disarmament and Sanitation Groups in Gaza (opens Reforma in a new tab)
- U.S. General Will Oversee Hamas Disarmament, Says Agency (opens Globo in a new tab)
- Gaza: Benyamin Netanyahu Calls for US General to Oversee Hamas Disarmament · Global Voices (opens Le Figaro in a new tab)
- Netanyahu, Kushner reach Gaza roadmap agreements as Hamas disarmament remains key condition (opens i24NEWS in a new tab)
Not rated
8- Netanyahu Agrees with the Peace Board to Set up a Working Group for Hamas Disarmament (opens El Comercio in a new tab)
El Comercio — is El Comercio biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Israel: No Reconstruction in Gaza without the Disarmament of Hamas (opens Augsburger Allgemeine in a new tab)
Augsburger Allgemeine — is Augsburger Allgemeine biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- Israel and the Peace Board Agree on Two Working Groups to Accelerate the “Demilitarization” of Gaza (opens noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus in a new tab)
noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus — is noticiasdegipuzkoa.eus biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Israel and the Peace Board Agree on Two Working Groups to Accelerate the “Demilitarization” of Gaza (opens Noticias de Navarra in a new tab)
Noticias de Navarra — is Noticias de Navarra biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Israeli official says PM Netanyahu, Jared Kushner agree US general to supervise Hamas disarming (opens Insider Paper in a new tab)
Insider Paper — is Insider Paper biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Prime Minister's Office in English: "Two Groups Will Be Established to Work on Disarming Gaza" (opens kikar.co.il in a new tab)
kikar.co.il — is kikar.co.il biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Benjamin Netanyahu Calls for US General to Oversee Hamas' Handing over of Weapons to Gaza (opens LaProvence.com in a new tab)
LaProvence.com — is LaProvence.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- A New Equation in Gaza: Hamas Announces Its Condition for Disarmament. (opens Akşam in a new tab)
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 11% are rated left, 11% are rated centre, 78% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 17. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament biased?
- Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament is one event reported by 17 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Kushner and Netanyahu agree Gaza working groups for Hamas disarmament?
- 17 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What are the two working groups for?
- The working groups are to oversee Hamas disarmament and Gaza’s sanitation and reconstruction. The disarmament group will focus on verifying that Hamas hands over its weapons, while the other will address public health and rebuilding infrastructure in Gaza.
- Why has Netanyahu rejected the 15-point plan?
- Netanyahu has publicly rejected the plan because it requires Israel to withdraw forces from Gaza in exchange for Hamas gradually disarming and handing governance to an international force. He has tied any withdrawal to the completion of Hamas’s disarmament.
- What does Hamas say about the plan?
- Hamas says it has accepted the plan but will only implement it after Israel fulfils its commitments, including withdrawing forces and halting attacks. The group has not said it will disarm before Israel acts.
- Which outlets reported that a US general would supervise disarmament?
- The digests from Insider Paper, LaProvence.com, Globo, Le Figaro, and Reforma reported that an Israeli official said a US general would supervise Hamas’s disarmament. The claim was not carried in the left-rated or centre-rated reports.
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